Diary February 23, 1945

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

Flag rising Mt. Suribachi — US Flag rising bis Marines on Mt Suribachi on Iwo Jima.

Diary for Friday, February 23, 1945:

Pacific

Iwo Jima: Marines take Mt Suribachi. Hoisting of US flag captured in classic photograph by Joe Rosenthal.

Russian Front

Poland – Siege of Poznan ends: Zhukov takes 23,000 prisoners.

Western Front

US 1st and 9th armies attack across river Roer (Operation Lumberjack).

Air War

Europe: Pforzheim (Rhineland) devastated by 369 RAF bombers (12 lost, including the ‘Master Bomber‘s’ plane).

Sea War

Arctic: SS Henry Bacon sunk by Ju 88 torpedo planes – last Allied ship sunk by German aircraft in WW2.

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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.