14th Academy Awards: “How Green was My Valley”, Gary Cooper & Joan Fontaine win.  Admiral Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich departs Java for Ceylon.

The British 43rd Division under General Hubert Essame occupies Xanten, Germany.  Chinese 30th Division occupies Hsenwi, Burma.  President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces success of the Yalta Conference.  U.S. Infantry Regiment captures [ … ]

Massive labor strikes in northern Italian towns.   German submarine U-358 sinks in Atlantic.  

Jewish old age home for disabled in Amsterdam raided.

Arrests by Dutch collaborator of ten Boom family members in Nazi occupied Netherlands (Haarlem) on charges of hiding Jews.

“Porgy & Bess” opens on Broadway with Anne Brown & Todd Duncan.

The heavy cruiser USS Houston and the Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth were attacked by Japanese forces during the Battle of Sunda Strait; both were sunk shortly after midnight on [ … ]

Norweigian commandos launched a successful raid to sabotage a German-operated heavy water plant in Norway.  An explosion in the Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana killed 74 miners and one [ … ]

1st transport of French Jews to Nazi-Germany. Battle of Java Sea begins with 13 US  and 2 Japanese warships sunk.  J. S. Hey discovers radio emissions from Sun.  

Very heavy bombing on Berlin by 8th U.S. Air Force.  Authorities ordered a midnight curfew at nightclubs, bars and other places of entertainment across the U.S..

1st female US Navy Captain, Sue Dauser of Nurse Corps, is appointed.

German assault moves to Beja, North Tunisia. Africa.

German battle cruiser Gneisenau deactivated by bomb.   Radio Orange calls for March 1st day of prayer in Dutch Indies.  Werner Heisenberger informs Nazis about uranium project “Wunderwaffen” (related to atomic bomb [ … ]

US aircraft carriers attack Tokyo.  Turkey declares war on Germany.  

US 1st Army completes invasion plan.