Diary April 27, 1945

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

German soldiers prepare an only slightly damaged tank for a new defensive position in Berlin.

Diary for Friday, April 27, 1945:

Russian Front

Battle of Berlin: Russians capture suburbs of Potsdam, Spandau and Rathenow; central districts of Neuköln and Tempelhof.

Western Front

Bremen captured by British forces.

Italy

Allies enter Genoa.

Okinawa

Item Pocket eliminated. Japanese defy US tanks and armored flame throwers in Maeda sector.

Sea War

26th Indian Divisions embarks at Akyab and Kyaukpyu for Operation Dracula (assault on Rangoon). East Indies Fleet leaves Trincomalee to carry out neutralizing attacks on Japanese bases in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Home Fronts

Britain: Mrs. Tate and Parliamentary delegation publish the horrific description of Konzentrationslager Buchenwald.

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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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Banchero Giuseppe
April 27, 2020 at 1:01 pm

The allies had freed some quarters of Genoa as early as 26, but the suburbs of Sampierdarena were freed on April 27. Via Sampierdarena was held under fire by a German machine gun placed under the Lantern and the Americans had to arrive with a tank (Sherman?) To make the Germans surrender.This is what my mother told me about the liberation of Genoa.

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