Diary April 14, 1945

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

destroyed village in Franconia — A village in Franconia (northern Bavaria) is destroyed in one of the final battles in the West.

Diary for Saturday, April 14, 1945:

Western Front

Holland: Arnhem captured by British forces. Germans offer fierce resistance and demolish bridge before retreating.
Bavaria: Patton captures Bayreuth.

Okinawa

Americans attack strong Japanese defenses in hilly Motobu Peninsular (Northern Okinawa).

Sea War

Atlantic – Operation Teardrop: 2 carrier TGs carry out urgent search for Seewolf U-boat group suspected of transporting V-2 rockets to be launched against New York.

Home Fronts

Germany: Himmler orders that no prisoners at Konzentrationslager Dachau ‘shall be allowed to fall into the hands of the enemy alive.’

Air War

Germany: 298 RAF bombers attacking Kiel and dropping 1,905 t. of bombs.
364 RAF bombers attacking Potsdam and dropping 1,751 t. of bombs.

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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.