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| 1944 February 17 |
| | | US bombers destroy Japanese warships and planes in Operation Hailstone, a radar-guided night attack on the Truk Islands | |
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| 1944 July 9 |
| | | American marines win the island of Saipan in the Marianas, bringing Japan within range of US bombers | |
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| 1945 February 19 |
| | | American marines land on Japanese-occupied Iwo Jima, a volcanic island 650 miles southeast of Tokyo | |
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| 1945 March 24 |
| | | At a cost of 20,000 dead, US marines win full control of the small strategic island of Iwo Jima | |
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| 1945 August 15 |
| | | TheAllies celebrate V-J Day – victory over Japan and the end of the war | |
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| 1946 |
| | | The first of about 20 US tests of atomic and hydrogen bombs is carried out on Bikini Atoll, in the Pacific | |
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| 1946 |
| | | Australian painter Sidney Nolan begins a series of paintings on the theme of Ned Kelly | |
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| 1948 |
| | | Australia, aiming for a 2% population increase each year, takes steps to encourage European immigration | |
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| 1948 |
| | | Donald Bradman retires from Test cricket with a tantalizing career average of 99.94 runs | |
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| 1949 |
| | | Robert Menzies returns as Australia's prime minister, and remains in the post for an unbroken sixteen years | |
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