Diary February 28, 1945

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

M5 Stuart in captured village — American M5 Stuart light reconnaissance tank in a captured German village.

Diary for Wednesday, February 28, 1945:

Western Front

US 1st Army crosses river Erth, 10 km from Cologne.

Politics

Allied-occupied Iran declares war on Japan. Saudi Arabia declares war on Germany and Japan.

Sea War

Pacific: Americans land on Palawan (Philippines).
Merchant shipping losses in February 1945: 25 Allied ships with 88,140 tons in the Atlantic, 1 Allied ship with 7,176 tons elsewhere.
33 Japanese ships with 101,541 tons in Pacific.
22 U-boats sunk in the Atlantic, Arctic or Baltic (worldwide total of 25 losses), 24 new U-boats operational, 478 U-boats of all types total in service.

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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.

Western Front

Politics

Sea War

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