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27 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.
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Eastern Europe
White Russian troops overrun the Masurian Lake region of East Prussia and continue investment of Koenigsberg. In Poland, encirclement of Thorn and Posen by Red Army is completed.
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Luzon
U.S. Sixth Army receives major reinforcements as 1st Cav Div, 32d Div, and 112th Cav RCT arrive at Lingayen Gulf. In XIV Corps area, continuing operations W of Bamban, 40th Div has secured Manila RR and Route 3 from Bamban S to Mantitang.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 169 Allied sorties (32 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1945-01-27, flown by USAAF 10th Air Force, USAAF 14th Air Force. Targets included BURMA, 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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POA
Joint Expeditionary Force ( - ) for the Iwo Jima operation departs from Hawaii for the Marianas, completing movement by 5 February and resupplying in Marianas until 7 February.
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