Diary April 7, 1945

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

Yamato under air strike — ‘Yamato’ under air strike of the American carrier aircrafts. Shortly afterwards, the largest battleship of the world is sunk.

Diary for Saturday, April 7, 1945:

Sea War

Pacific – BATTLE OF EAST CHINA SEA. Yamato (2,498 killed), cruiser Yahagi and 4 destroyers sunk by TF 58 (10 planes lost).

Air War

Pacific: 107 Iwo-based P-51 Mustangs escort B-29 Superfortress to Tokyo.
Europe: First Mosquito raid on Berlin from continental base.
French paratroops dropped north of Zuider Zee (Holland).
US bombers make wide-ranging attacks on German airfields and railways.
1,300 USAAF bombers attacking Dessau.

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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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