World War II Timeline: February 1945

A dated guide to 4 documented events in February 1945, with links to individual historical records.

Dated historical records

Entries below follow the dates recorded in the WWII CHRONOS archive. Each linked title opens the original historical entry, including its source reference.

1. 1945-02-04 — Yalta Conference — The leaders of the Soviet Union, the United States and Britain discuss the end of the war and post-war Europe.
2. 1945-02-05 — Hanford Sends Its First Shipment of Plutonium to Los Alamos — The new industrial cycle from reactor production to chemical separation is now functioning in practice.
3. 1945-02-13 — Bombing of Dresden — British and American aircraft carry out mass air raids on the German city of Dresden.
4. 1945-02-19 — Battle of Iwo Jima — American forces land on the Japanese island.

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