9 Mar 1945Japan dismantlesFrench Indochina
9–10 Mar 1945US firebombs Tokyo,killing more than 80,000
26 Mar 1945US secures Iwo Jima
1 Apr–21 Jun 1945US captures Okinawa
5 Apr 1945Soviets denounce 1941Neutrality Pact with Japan
1 May 1945Australians land on Tarakan
3 May 1945British captureRangoon
8 May 1945Germany surrenders