Diary April 29, 1945

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

remains US destroyer 'Hazelwood' — The remains of the US destroyer ‘Hazelwood’, which is hit that day off Okinawa by a Kamikaze plane.

Diary for Sunday, April 29, 1945:

Italy

SURRENDER OF 1 MILLION GERMAN TROOPS IN NORTHERN ITALY AND AUSTRIA, signed in secret at Caserta, near Naples (effective May 2).

Western Front

British capture Lauenburg, trapping German forces in Denmark.

Russian Front

Battle of Berlin: Hitler marries Eva Braun and dictates ‘Political Testament’; Russians capture Moabit power station and Anhalter railway terminal.

Sea War

Arctic: Last battle between U-boat ‘wolf-pack’ and Allied convoy escorts. 2 U-boats sunk; U-427 miraculously survives prolonged attacks with 678 depth charges; frigate Goodall sunk.

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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.