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 3rd 1945
Joining forces with the Soviets
On 3 May 1945, the 82nd Airborne Division made contact with the Soviets. It was then transferred to Epinal in France, where a large number of paratroopers were demobilised.
The army developed a points system that took into account the number of days in action, decorations and commendations obtained, as well as wounds. Any soldier with a total of 100 points can return home.
