Diary for Thursday, February 15, 1945: Air War Germany: Dresden, Magdeburg and Cottbus attacked by 1,000 bombers of 8th USAAF. Western Front Canadians now hold 16-km front along West Bank […]
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Diary for Wednesday, February 14, 1945: Russian Front Pomerania: Zhukov captures Schneidemühl. Western Front Canadians repel four counter-attacks in Reichswald sector. Air War Europe: 8th USAAF completes Allied ‘triple blow’
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Diary for Tuesday, February 13, 1945: Air War Germany: DESTRUCTION OF DRESDEN. 773 Lancaster bombers (5 lost) and 311 B-17 Fortress deliver ‘triple blow’ against this virtually undefended city near
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Diary for Monday, February 12, 1945: Politics Peru declares war on Germany and Japan.
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Diary for Sunday, February 11, 1945: Western Front British enter Kleve. Home Fronts Germany: Entire gold reserves (c. 100 t.) transported from Berlin to salt mine near Eisenach. Americans capture
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Diary for Saturday, February 10, 1945: Russian Front East Prussia: Rokossovsky captures Elbing and Preussisch-Eylau. Western Front Germans open flood gates of Schwammenauel Dam on river Roer, in attempt to
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Diary for Friday, February 9, 1945: Russian Front East Prussia: Königsberg now virtually encircled by 2nd and 3rd Belorussian Fronts. Western Front BRITISH AND CANADIANS REACH THE RHINE in strength.
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Diary for Thursday, February 8, 1945: Western Front Canadians advance into Reichswald southeast of Nijmegen, between Maas and Rhine (Operation Veritable).
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Diary for Wednesday, February 7, 1945: Air War Europe: RAF night attack on German forces at Kleve and Goch.
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Diary for Tuesday, February 6, 1945: Russian Front Konev crosses the river Oder and lays siege to Breslau: hundreds of thousands of panic-stricken German civilians flee westwards, many into ‘safe’
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Diary for Monday, February 5, 1945: Western Front Alsace: Colmar Pocket cut in two as US and French troops link up. Air War Germany: 238 RAF bombers attacking Bonn. 589
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Diary for Sunday, February 4, 1945: Politics YALTA CONFERENCE (‘Magneto’): Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet in Crimea. Latter succeeds in winning big concessions from ailing US President, including free hand
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Diary for Saturday, February 3, 1945: Air War Germany: 937 B-17 Fortress, escorted by 900 fighters (24 planes lost), RAID BERLIN setting fire to 5 sq km in central districts
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Diary for Friday, February 2, 1945: Western Front Alsac: French and Americans enter Colmar.
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Diary for Thursday, February 1, 1945 Russian Front Poland: Rokossovsky captures Torun after 6-day siege. Western Front Alsace: US 7th Army crosses river Moder.
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