Diary April 12, 1944

04-1944, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1944 / 1 minute of reading

T-34 tanks near Odessa 1944 — ‘Tank rider’ infantry disembarks from T-34-85 tanks (armed with the longer 85mm gun) during the fightings near Odessa in 1944.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, April 12, 1944:

Eastern Front

Southern Sector: 3rd Ukrainian Front captures Tirasapol, 97 km northwest of Odessa.

Occupied Territories

Italy: King Victor Emmanuel announces his plans to retire from office when Allies enter Rome, and to appoint Crown Prince Umberto of Piedmont ‘Lieutenant of the Realm’.

Sea War

Black Sea: Evacuation of 61,600 German-Rumanian troops and Russian auxiliaries from Crimea to Constanta (April 12-16).

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Kretaner

My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

Eastern Front

Occupied Territories

Sea War

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