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24 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.
5 of 8 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Mindoro
2d Bn, 21st Inf, moves into Calapan.
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Volcano Is.
Iwo Jima is target for coordinated air-naval bombardment. B-29’s of XXI BC, on training mission, and B-24’s of Seventh Air Force concentrate on airfields and shipping.
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Excerpt from the London Gazette, Issue 36911, page 584, published 1945-01-26: "of the Schedule, shall not extend to anyperson whose usual place of abode is in the United-Kingdom.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 67 Allied sorties (12 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1945-01-24, flown by USAAF 10th Air Force, USAAF 14th Air Force. Targets included BURMA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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