Diary February 13, 1945

War Diary, 02-1945, Diary WW2, Year 1945 / 1 minute of reading

Burning bodies of Dresden victims — For days the bodies of the victims of Dresden are burned on rail grates to prevent the spread of diseases.

Diary for Tuesday, February 13, 1945:

Air War

Germany: DESTRUCTION OF DRESDEN. 773 Lancaster bombers (5 lost) and 311 B-17 Fortress deliver ‘triple blow’ against this virtually undefended city near Russian Front, dropping 3,370 t. bombs, including c. 700,000 IBs. ‘Fire storm’ rages over 6.5 sq km and killing between 135,000 and 250,000 civilians, refugees and Allied prisoners (false propaganda messages); city burns for 7 days and 8 nights (68,650 corpses burnt on vast communal pyres).

Russian Front

Hungary: SIEGE OF BUDAPEST ENDS after 6 weeks of savage house-to-house fighting.

Western Front

British troops secure the Reichswald.

Sea War

Pacific: 3 Japanese submarines sunk by US submarine Batfish over 4-day period (February 10-13).

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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.