Diary April 22, 1945

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

Sturmovik over Berlin — Picture of the day: Russian Il-2M3 Stormovik ground attack aircraft over the river Spree in Berlin.

Diary for Sunday, April 22, 1945:

Russian Front

Battle of Berlin: Russians capture Weissensee district. Hitler decides to remain in Berlin.

Italy

US 5th Army reaches river Po at Ostiglia.

Western Front

US 7th Army captures bridge over Danube at Dillingen. Patton drives towards Regensburg.

Okinawa

‘Task Force Bradford’ (Brig.-Gen. Bradford) formed to eliminate strong Japanese force on Kakasu Ridge.

Politics

Germany: Himmler meets Bernadotte of Swedish Red Cross and requests him to initiate armistice negotiations with Britain and USA (offer rejected April 27).

About The Author

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.