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And welcome back to the latest installment of the timeline of World War II, brought to you by Aces High, the best combat flight simulator on the market….bar none!

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That should answer the question of what makes Aces High the best!

Now, on to our timeline of events in January, 1945.

• 1^st Germany begins offensive Operation Nordwind hoping to retake Strasbourg.
• 1^st Unternehmen Bodenplatte is launched by the Luftwaffe against air bases in Begium and Holland
• 2^nd Japan increases kamikaze tactics against US naval forces
• 2^nd 49 Americann B-29 bombers attack railroad bridge near Bangkok, Thailand.
• 3^rd Allies take offensive east of the Bulge but they fail to surround Germans with Patton’s tanks.
• 4^th US navy air attacks on Formosa continue.
• 5^th German offensive “Northwind” crosses border into Alsace.
• 5^th Japan retreats across the Irrawaddy River in Burma
• 6^th American B-29’s bomb Tokyo once again.
• 7^th Germans break out along the Rhine and head east once again, hoping to retake Strasbourg.
• 8^th The Battle of Strasbourg is underway.
• 9^th Americans land in Luzon in the Philippines.
• 12^th East Prussian Offensive, a major Red Army offensive in East Prussia, begins
• 14^th British forces clear the Roer Triangle during Operation Blackcock.
• 15^th Hitler moves to bunker in Berlin.
• 15^th British commander accepts ceasefire request, a clear defeat of the Greek Left in Athens.
• 16^th US 1^st and 3^rd Armies link up following the Battle of the Bulge.
• 17^th Warsaw liberated by Red Army troops. Communist government installed.
• 17^th Battle of Bulge officially ends
• 18^th Americans drive towards Manilla.
• 20^th President Roosevelt is sworn in for his fourth term.
• 25^th Allies bombard Iwo Jima in preparation for invasion.
• 27^th Auschwitz concentration camp is liberated by Soviet Troops
• 28^th Red Army completes occupation of Lithuania
• 31^st Red Army crosses the Oder River into Germany and is now 30 miles from Berlin
• 31^st Second invasion of Luzon by Americans

And that is that!  The final months of World War 2 are unfolding and Japan and Germany are reeling from the sustained attacks.

We hope you are enjoying this series and we hope you join us next week as we look at the month of February, and we hope you take some time and try out Aces High the next time you are looking for some thrills and chills in a World War 2 Flight Simulator.