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19 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.
6 of 13 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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S Philippines
In U.S. Eighth Army area, X Corps begins series of amphibious operations to clear shipping route through San Bernardino Strait to port of Manila.
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Western Europe
21 Army Group: In Cdn First Army area, Br 30 Corps continues battle of Goch, where enemy is resisting from street to street.
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Battle of Iwo Jima: About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
Marines of the Second Battalion, Twenty-Seventh Regiment, wait to move inland on Iwo Jima, soon after going ashore on 19 February 1945.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 117 Allied sorties (29 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1945-02-19, flown by USAAF 10th Air Force, USAAF 14th Air Force, 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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