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7 January 1945
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
6 sourced entries for this date.
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Entries
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Burma
In Br Fourteenth Army’s 33 Corps area, Ind 19th and Br 2d Divs are converging on Shwebo, Ind 19th pushing into E outskirts.
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Italy
15th Army Group: In Br Eighth Army area, Pol 2 Corps withdraws from line, turning over its sector and 5th Kresowa Div to 5 Corps.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 3 Allied sorties (2 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1945-01-07, flown by USAAF 14th Air Force. Targets included CHINA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Pacific Theater
THOR mission records show at least 400 Allied sorties (62 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1945-01-07, flown by USAAF 5th Air Force, USAAF 7th Air Force, USAAF 13th Air Force, RNZAF, USAAF 20th Air Force.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Theater not recorded
THOR mission records show at least 39 Allied sorties (12 recorded unit missions) in the Theater not recorded on 1945-01-07, flown by USAAF 12th Air Force. Targets included UNKNOWN OR NOT INDICATED.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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