Diary April 5, 1945

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

German soldiers marching into captivity — German soldiers pass through their destroyed homeland into captivity.

Diary for Thursday, April 5, 1945:

Western Front

Allied forces cross river Weser. 18 US divisions begin clearance of Ruhr Pocket.

Okinawa

US forces, pushing south, encounter first line of Japanese defenses.

Home Fronts

Japan: Koiso Cabinet falls; Admiral Suzuki forms new administration.

Politics

Russo-Japanese Nonaggression Pact denounced by Russia a year in advance of agreed expiry date.

Sea War

Pacific – Operation Tengo: last operational Japanese battleship – Yamato – is to be sacrificed in suicidal attempt to reach Okinawa, where she will be deliberately run aground.

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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.