Events on March 27 in history

Operation Starvation (March 27, 1945)

World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.

Operation Starvation was a naval mining operation conducted in World War II by the United States Army Air Forces, in which vital water routes and ports of Japan were mined from the air in order to disrupt enemy shipping.

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Events on 1945

23 Feb

Manila
World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.
23 Feb

History of Poland (1939-45)
World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.
25 Feb

Turkey
World War II: Turkey declares war on Germany.
9 Mar

Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
World War II: The first nocturnal incendiary attack on Tokyo inflicts damage comparable to that inflicted on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki five months later.
30 Aug

Douglas MacArthur
The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.

Events on March 27 in history

Operation Starvation (March 27, 1945)

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Events on 1945

Manila

History of Poland (1939-45)

Turkey

Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Douglas MacArthur