Diary April 19, 1945

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

Corsair attacking positions — An F4U Corsair of the US Navy is attacking with air-to-ground rockets the Japanese positions on Okinawa.

Diary for Thursday, April 19, 1945:

Okinawa

US 24th Corps, 10th Army, launches general assault on outer defenses of ‘Shuri Line’, in the south, after preparatory bombardment by 139 planes, 18 warships and 324 artillery pieces. Bombardment has little effect on elaborate underground defenses; 96th Division makes limited progress in the center.

Russian Front

Russians secure bridgehead across river Neisse and push towards Dresden.

Western Front

US 1st Army captures Leipzig. US 7th Army troops break through medieval walls of Nuremberg and eliminate fanatical SS garrison.

Sea War

Mediterranean: Carrier Aquila sunk by Italian human torpedoes at Genoa.

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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.