Diary for Wednesday, March 21, 1945:
Air War
Europe: Mosquito bombers destroy Gestapo HQ in Copenhagen; bombs acciÂdentally dropped on nearby school kill 86 pupils and 17 teachers.
8th USAAF attacks Me 262 bases in Western Germany.
Western Front
Ludwigshafen captured by Americans.
Advance to the Rhine Losses:
casualties |
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Allies | 20,000 |
Germans | 60,000 dead and wounded; 250,000 PoWs |