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1943
October
01
The Ruzagayura famine
In autumn 1943 the Ruzagayura famine broke out in Belgian Ruanda-Urundi. Drought, crop disease and wartime requisitions cost tens of thousands of lives.
November
30
Japanese food policy in Malaya
In late November 1943 the Japanese governor of Penang ordered families to grow their own food. Malaya, cut off from rice imports, was growing ever hungrier.
1944
April
17
Key event
Operation Ichi-Go begins
On 17 April 1944 the Japanese crossed the Yellow River in Henan. Operation Ichi-Go began – the largest land offensive ever mounted by the Japanese army.
July
01
The death of Tanya Savicheva
On 1 July 1944 fourteen-year-old Tanya Savicheva, who had recorded her family's deaths in besieged Leningrad, died in hospital at Shatki near Gorky.
September
17
The Dutch railway strike
In September 1944, at the call of the government in London, some 30,000 Dutch railwaymen walked out. A German food blockade paved the way for the Hunger Winter.
1945
March
09
The Japanese coup in Indochina
On 9 March 1945 the Japanese overthrew the French administration of Indochina and disarmed its army. On 11 March Emperor Bảo Đại proclaimed Vietnam independent.
April
29
Operations Manna and Chowhound
On 29 April 1945 RAF Lancasters began dropping food to the starving people of the occupied western Netherlands. American B-17s joined them on 1 May.