- January 1st - Germans withdraw from Ardennes.
- January 16th - German Ardennes "Bulge" eliminated.
- January 17th - Soviets capture Warsaw.
- January 26th - Japanese retreat to Chinese coast.
- January 26th - Soviets liberate Auschwitz.
- February 2nd - Trier captured by Allies.
- February 4th - Manila falls to Allies.
- February 17th - Koblenz falls to Allies.
- February 19th - Japanese evacuate Mandalay.
- February 19th - US landings on Iwo Jima.
- February 20th - Saarbrucken captured by Allies.
- February 20th - Danzig captured by Soviets.
- February 23rd - Poznan falls to Soviets.
- April 1st - US invades Okinawa.
- April 10th - Hanover falls to Allies.
- April 11th - Soviets and Yugoslavs sign treaty.
- April 12th - US President Roosevelt dies - Truman becomes President.
- April 13th - Soviets capture Vienna.
- April 15th - Allies capture Arnhem.
- April 20th - Nuremburg falls to Allies.
- April 23rd - Soviets enter Berlin.
- April 28th - Mussolini captured by partisans and executed.
- April 30th - Hitler commits suicide.
- May 2nd - German forces in Italy surrender.
- May 4th - German forces in Holland, Denmark and N W Germany surrender.
- May 5th - Ceasefire on Western Front.
- May 7th - German unconditional surrender.
- May 8th - VE Day declared.
- May 9th - Soviets occupy Prague.
- May 9th - Liberation of Channel Islands.
- June 10th - Australians invade Borneo.
- June 22nd - US forces capture Okinawa.
- August 6th - Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
- August 8th - Soviets declare war on Japan.
- August 9th - Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
- August 14th - Japanese surrender.
- August 15th - VJ Day declared.
- September 5th - British land in Singapore.
- September 7th - Japanese surrender Shanghai.
- September 9th - Surrender of remaining Japanese forces in China.
- September 13th - Japanese surrender in Burma.
- September 16th - Japanese surrender in Hong Kong.