Diary April 12, 1945

War Diary, 04-1945, Diary WW2, Year 1945 / 1 minute of reading

Harry Shippe Truman (1881-1972), elected Vice-President in November 1944 and became automatically US President on sudden death of Roosevelt. He retired from presidency 1952 after he defeated Governor Dewey in 1948 elections.

Diary for Thursday, April 12, 1945:

Home Fronts

USA – DEATH OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT at Warm Springs, Georgia; aged 63. Vice-President Truman takes the oath of office. Goebbels comments ‘This is the turning point’.

Western Front

US 9th Army crosses river Elbe, southeast of Magdeburg. 3rd US Army takes Weimar.

Okinawa

Japanese counter-attack near Kakazu Ridge.

Politics

Spain breaks off diplomatic relations with Japan.

Sea War

Pacific: US destroyer Mannert L. Abele destroyed by Baka rocket-propelled piloted missile, near Okinawa.

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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.