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Today in World War II History—February 15, 1940 & 1945

Saturday, February 15, 2025 by Sarah Sundin
Map showing the clearing of the Bataan Peninsula, 12-21 February 1945 (US Army Center of Military History)

Map showing the clearing of the Bataan Peninsula, 12-21 February 1945 (US Army Center of Military History)

85 Years Ago—Feb. 15, 1940: Germany declares that all British merchant ships will be regarded as warships.

80 Years Ago—Feb. 15, 1945: US Sixth Army lands at Mariveles on tip of Bataan peninsula on Luzon, takes Mariveles and its airfield.

As Japanese advance, US Fourteenth Air Force evacuates the last of its eastern China airfields, can no longer raid the South China Sea.

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