2015 Event Japanese protesters gather outside the nation's parliament building to oppose changes proposed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to allow Japanese combat defense aid to allied nations for cases in which Japan itself is not under attack 2014 Event The United States and allied forces end the combat mission in Afghanistan, which began in 2001 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S.; about 13,000 troops will stay to train Afghan police and military forces in their fight against the Taliban 2014 Event Japan updates its constitution to allow self-defense forces to assist in defending allied nations that come under attack. The change does not extend to assisting in other external military conflicts. 2012 Event In the U.S., President Obama nominates John R. Allen as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), with General Joseph Dunford positioned to succeed Allen in his previous post of commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan 1991 Event U.S. and allied forces grant Iraq a cease fire 1958 Event U.S.S.R. abrogates Allied war-time agreements on control of Germany 1955 Event Austria resumed its sovereignty after departure of last Allied occupation forces, for 1st time since German occupation of 1938 1955 Event Last allied occupying troops leave Austria 1953 Event Allied forces form West Germany 1946 Birthday Peter Sutherland, CEO, Allied Irish Banks 1945 Event General MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan 1945 Event Allied landing at Ternate Molukkas 1945 Event Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java 1945 Event Allied troops occupy German nuclear laboratory 1945 Event Allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum 1945 Event During WW II Allied bombers begin 4-day raid over Germany 1945 Event Allied ships bomb North-Sumatra 1945 Event 1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs 1945 Event Cologne taken by allied armies 1945 Event Allied planes bomb Dresden Germany; 135,000 die 1945 Event Allied air attack on Goch/Kleef/Kalkar/Reichswald 1945 Event Allied air raid on Neurenberg 1945 Event German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels 1944 Event 1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp 1944 Event 1st allied marines move onto Antwerp harbor 1944 Event Allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren 1944 Event Allied commando's lands at Westkapelle Walcheren 1944 Event Allied troops land in Corfu 1944 Event Allied aircrafts bombard per accident Fishing, Overijssel 1944 Event Allied forces liberate Luxembourg 1944 Event Allied offensive at "Gothen-linie," Italy 1944 Event Allied troops capture Marseilles, France 1944 Event Allied air raid on Maastricht, 80+ killed 1944 Event Allied air raid on train in North Netherlands, 32 killed 1944 Event Operation Dragoon: Allied troops land in Provence 1944 Event Allied troops conquer Myitkyina Burma 1944 Event Allied air force bomb Germany for 6 hours 1944 Event Allied jailbreak at St-Lo, behind German lines 1944 Event 300 allied bombers drop fire bombs on Allied/German positions 1944 Event Allied troops occupy Faubourg de Vaucelles, at Caen 1944 Event Allied assault on Carpiquet airport at Caen 1944 Event French Cotentin Peninsula in allied hands 1944 Event D-Day: 150,000 Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France 1944 Event Nazi occupiers make it punishable to give aid to allied pilots 1944 Event Allied breakthrough in Italy 1944 Event Operation-Buffalo: Allied jailbreak out Anzio-bridgehead 1944 Event Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java 1944 Event Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra 1944 Event General Eisenhower becomes head commander of allied air fleet 1944 Event 76 Allied officers escape Stalag Luft 3 (Great Escape) 1944 Event Italian town of Cassino destroyed by Allied bombing 1944 Event Allied troops 1st set foot on Japanese territory 1944 Event Allied troops occupy Nettuno Italy 1944 Event During World War II, Allied forces begin landing at Anzio Italy 1944 Event General Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London 1943 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces 1943 Event 3 allied officers escape out camp Stalag Luft 3 1943 Event Allied forces captured Naples during WW II 1943 Event Allied arm forces conquerors Salerno 1943 Event Lord Mountbatten appointed Supreme Allied Commander in SE Asia 1943 Event 1st allied air raid on Borneo 1943 Event Hitler watches lynching of allied pilots 1943 Event 500 allied air forces raid Rome during WW II 1943 Event Germany begins withdrawing U-boats from North Atlantic in anticipation of the Allied invasion of Europe 1943 Event 826 Allied bombers attack Dortmund 1943 Event Allied bombers attack Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea 1943 Event Lieutenant Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg seriously wounded at allied air raid 1943 Event Allied reconnaissance flight over Java 1943 Event 335 allied bombers attack Neurenberg 1943 Event Allied troops occupy Kasserine pass in Tunisia 1943 Event Women's camp Tamtui on Ambon (Moluccas) hit by allied air raid 1943 Event General Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe 1942 Event Hitler orders allied commandos to be killed 1942 Event Allied assault on oil installations of Bula Ceram 1942 Event U boats sank 96 allied ships this month: 476,000 ton 1942 Event 4-day allied bombing on Rostock begins 1942 Event Allied air raid on harbor city Kupang Timor 1942 Event Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies 1942 Event Allied Conference for war trials 1941 Event North Africa: allied assault up Italians Gazala-posing 1941 Event 9 Allied governments pledged adherence to Atlantic Charter 1941 Event U boats sink 21 allied ships this month: 94,000 ton 1941 Event Allied troops begin evacuating Kreta 1940 Event Operation Dynamo begins evacuating defeated Allied troops from Dunkirk 1940 Event Allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France 1940 Event Allied troops land in Norway 1934 Birthday Brian Kenny, deputy supreme allied commander, Europe 1933 Birthday Geoffrey Leigh, CEO, Allied London Properties 1929 Birthday Michael Beavis, deputy commander-in-chief, Allied Forces Central Europe 1925 Event Last allied occupying troops leave Ruhrgebied 1924 Birthday David Loram, British Vice-Admiral, Supreme Allied Commander 1923 Event Allied Powers and Turkey sign peace treaty, Lausanne 1923 Event SDAP speaks out against allied occupation of Ruhrgebied 1923 Event Allied ultimatum on Lithuanian occupation of Memel 1921 Birthday Bernard Rogers, supreme Allied commander Europe 1920 Event Bulgarian and allied Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine goes into effect 1918 Event Allied forces scored a decisive breakthrough of Hindenburg Line 1914 Event Allied offensive at Ypres (Belgium) begins 1909 Birthday Kenneth Darling, Commander-in-chief Allied Forces, Northern Europe 1883 Birthday Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces 1854 Event Allied armies, including those of Britain and France, land in Crimea 1814 Event Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris 1813 Event Danzig surrenders to allied armies 1813 Event Zamose, Modlin, Torgau surrenders to allied armies 1813 Event Lubeck surrenders to allied armies 1813 Event Stettin surrenders to allied armies 1813 Event Allied troops occupies Groningen 1813 Event Allied troops occupy Zwolle, Netherlands 1813 Event Dresden surrenders to allied armies
