Timeline
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18 Janvier 1945
101st Airborne Division: transfer to Moselle -
End of January 1945
The 82nd Airborne returns to France -
January 26 1945
The 101st Airborne Division moves to Alsace -
February 3 and 4 1945
Operation Shoestring -
16 Février 1945
Another drop-off in Philippines -
February 23rd 1945
Los Banos raid -
March 15 1945
101st Airborne receives a citation -
March 24 1945
Operation Varsity -
March 30 1945
The 82nd Airborne Division receives order to join the Bonn area in Germany -
April 3 1945
The 82nd Airborne Division in Cologne -
28 Avril 1945
Liberation oh the Landsberg concentration camp -
April 30 1945
The 82nd Airborne Division crosses the Elbe -
May 3rd 1945
Joining forces with the Soviets -
May 5 to 8 1945
Taking of the Berghof and "V-E" Day -
June 23rd 1945
The last American paratrooper combat jump of World War II -
End of July 1945
The 82nd Airborne Division reaches Berlin -
Beginning of August 1945
The 101st Airborne Division on alert -
September 2nd 1945
Japan's capitulation -
November 19 1945
82nd Airborne Division: end of mission in Berlin -
November 30 1945
The 82nd and the 101st Airborne divisions are demobilized -
January 12 1946
WWII Victory Parade
May 5 to 8 1945
Taking of the Berghof and "V-E" Day
Between 5 and 8 May 1945, the 506th PIR of the 101st Airborne Division entered Berchtesgaden and stormed the ‘Berghof’, Adolf Hitler’s luxurious personal residence, his famous ‘eagle’s nest’.
This Bavarian town is perched in the heart of the mountains on the border between Austria and Switzerland. It is home to Adolf Hitler’s luxurious personal residence. French soldiers from General Leclerc’s 2nd Armoured Division were the first to arrive, but the complex was so vast that they let the Americans take over. The paratroopers discovered huge abandoned mansions, all of which had belonged to the highest dignitaries of the Nazi party. A network of underground passages was uncovered, and thousands of works of art, spirits, luxury vehicles, silverware and personal effects were seized.
The 101st Airborne then set up camp between Germany and Austria as the Army of Occupation. 8 May also marked the Allied victory over Germany and the end of the Second World War in Europe, known in English as ‘V-E Day’ (Victory in Europe Day).
