Diary April 21, 1945

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

Katyusha bombards Berlin — Russian Katyusha BM-13N rocket-launcher bombards Berlin.

Diary for Saturday, April 21, 1945:

Russian Front

BATTLE OF BERLIN. ZHUKOV‘S TROOPS ENTER SUBURBS. Konev attacks north of Dresden.

Western Front

French occupy Stuttgart.

Italy

ALLIES CAPTURE BOLOGNA. General Mark Clark issues Order of the Day: [‘We] now stand inside the gateway to the Po Plain, poised to destroy the Germans who continue to enslave and exploit Northern Italy.’

Okinawa

Americans secure Ie Shima after 6-day battle. Casualties: 4,706 Japanese; 1,100 Americans.

Politics

Russia and Polish ‘Lublin’ Government (Communist) sign 20-year mutual assistance pact.

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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.