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2 February 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.
7 of 56 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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French Indochina
Gen Wedemeyer relays to Washington news that Japanese are ordering Fr forces to disarm and disperse.
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Leyte
In XXIV Corps area, 77th Div concludes combat operations on the island. Americal Div is to relieve it for future operations on Okinawa.
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Vistula-Oder offensive
The 2nd and 1st guards tank armies were committed after them to exploit the breach.
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Vistula-Oder offensive
The Red Army had built up their strength around a number of key bridgeheads, with two fronts commanded by Marshal Georgy Zhukov and Marshal Ivan Konev.
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Vistula-Oder offensive
In a little over two weeks, the Red Army had advanced from the Vistula to the Oder, only from Berlin, which was undefended.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 145 Allied sorties (27 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1945-02-02, flown by USAAF 10th 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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