Diary April 23, 1945

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

Front city Frankurt-on-Oder — The Nazi leadership spread with such propaganda posters the illusion that ‘Front cities’ such as Frankfurt-on-Oder could be held by women, children and old men.

Diary for Monday, April 23, 1945:

Russian Front

Frankfurt-on-Oder captured by Zhukov.

Occupied countries

Czechoslovakia: Government-in-Exile calls for final national uprising.

Home Fronts

Britain: Black-out restrictions cancelled.

Italy

British 8th Army captures Ferrara and reaches river Po at Pontelagoscuro and north of Bondeno.

Okinawa

Japanese withdraw from outer defenses of Shuri, except at ‘Item Pocket’.

Sea War

5 German merchant ships hit in the Baltic by RAF Coastal Command.

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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.