Diary April 15, 1945

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

German village shows the white flag — Entire villages in Germany show the white flag to the troops of the Western Allies.

Diary for Sunday, April 15, 1945:

Western Front

US 1st Army captures Leuna. 2nd Armored Division (US 9th Army) forced to withdraw from bridgehead over river Elbe near Magdeburg, after destruction of pontoon bridge. Colditz occupied.

Air War:

Pacific: Fast Ki-84 fighters strafe US air bases on Okinawa. 303 B-29 Superfortress bombers drop 1,930 t IB’s on Tokyo Bay conurbation (night April 15-16).

Occupied countries

France – Operation Venerable: after heavy napalm bomb attacks by 8th USAAF and shelling by battleship Lorraine, French and US forces attack Royan ‘Pocket’ (Gironde); all resistance ends, April 20.

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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.

Western Front

Air War:

Occupied countries

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