Diary April 30, 1945

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

US tanks in Munich — Tanks of the US 7th Army are moving on that day on the Dachauer street in Munich.

Diary for Monday, April 30, 1945:

Western Front

Munich captured by US 7th Army.

Russian Front

Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide in Führerbunker beneath Reichs Chancellery, Berlin, at 3.30 pm. Cremated with burning petrol in Chancellery Garden. Russian artillery bombards Chancellery; advancing infantry now only two blocks away.

Italy

Tito’s Partisans occupy Trieste.

Sea War

Japanese convoy annihilated by British destroyers in Indian Ocean.
Merchant shipping losses in April 1945: 19 Allied ships with 81,690 tons in the Atlantic, 3 Allied ship with 22,822 tons elsewhere.
52 Japanese ships with 125,673 tons in Pacific.
55 U-boats sunk in the Atlantic, Arctic or Baltic (worldwide total of 60 losses), 9 new U-boats operational, 435 U-boats of all types total in service.

Occupied countries

Holland: Seyss-Inquart meets Allied representatives to discuss prevention of starvation amongst civil population.

About The Author

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.