Diary May 1, 1945

War Diary, 05-1945, Diary WW2, Year 1945 / 1 minute of reading

Russian position with IS tanks — Russian position with Stalin tanks on one of the Spree bridges in Berlin.

Diary for Tuesday, May 1, 1945:

Russian Front

Battle of Berlin: Goebbels and wife Madga poison their 6 children before committing suicide. Russians capture Charlottenburg and Schoeneburg districts.

Home Fronts

Germany: DÖNITZ ANNOUNCES DEATH OF HITLER (‘fighting in Berlin’); becomes second ‘Führer’ of the Reich.

Sea War

Pacific: Australians land at Thrakan (Operation Oboe I).

Air War

Mexican Expeditionary Air Force (equipped with P-47s) arrives at Manila.

Burma

Gurkha paratroops seize coastal battery at Elephant Point, near Rangoon.

Okinawa

US infantry battalion scales precipitous east face of Maeda Escarpment, but is thrown off after nightfall.

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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.