Diary April 25, 1944

04-1944, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1944 / 1 minute of reading

sinking of 'T-24' — This picture was taken later in August and shows the sinking of ‘T-24’ (front) by RAF Beaufighters. The second ship is the destroyer ‘Z-24’.

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, April 25, 1944:

Sea War

Atlantic: Cruiser Black Prince and 3 Canadian destroyers engage torpedo boats; T-29 sunk (136 killed), T-24 and T-27 damaged (night April 25-26). In further engagements, 3 nights later, T-24 sinks HMCS Athabaskan.

Air War

Britain: First of series of night raids on shipping at Portsmouth and Plymouth-Devonport (April 25-26 to May 29-30).

Home Fronts

Britain: Chancellor of Exchequer promises tax-relief for industry after the war.

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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.

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