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| January |
Philippines campaign: MacArthur's forces invade Luzon. |
| February |
Philippines campaign: Americans retake Bataan. |
| March |
Philippines campaign: Americans retake Manila and Corregidor. |
| U.S. forces take Iwo Jima. |
| American planes firebomb Tokyo, hoping to force a surrender. |
| April |
Australian and American troops begin offensive that will recapture
the Dutch East Indies. |
| Battle of Okinawa: In the final amphibious landing of the war, American
forces launch a major attack against more than 130,000 defenders. Okinawa, in
the Ryukyus, is the nearest staging point to Japan itself. |
| May |
British-led forces in Burma take Meiktila, Mandalay, and
Rangoon. |
| June |
Battle of Okinawa: American forces retake the island. |
 Japanese resistance in the Philippines ends. |
| August |
American B-29s drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima (August 6) and
Nagasaki (August 9). |
| Japan accepts unconditional surrender. |
| September |
VJ Day (September 2): Japan formally surrenders. |
| MacArthur enters Tokyo. |
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