Diary April 28, 1945

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

The end of Mussolini and Clara Petacci in Milan.

Diary for Saturday, April 28, 1945:

Occupied countries

Italy: MUSSOLINI AND HIS MISTRESS, CLARA PETACCI, CAPTURED AND SHOT by Communist Partisan leader ‘Colonel Valerio’ (Walter Audisio) at Dongo (Lake Como). Bodies then taken in removal van to be publically exhibited and mutilated by the mob in a Milan square (April 28-29).

Western Front

US troops liberate the Stauffenberg family at Niederdorf, South Tyrol.

Okinawa

US tanks enter Kuhazu village.

Home Fronts

Germany: 200 pro-Allied German troops stage attempted coup in Munich, under Major Braun, and seize radio station; try to seize Gauleiter Geisler, but SS bodyguard stamp out uprising.

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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.