Diary May 2, 1945

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

General Weidling surrenders Berlin — The battle commandant of Berlin, General Weidling, is leaving that day his command bunker to offer the Russians the surrender.

Diary for Wednesday, May 2, 1945:

Russian Front

STALIN ANNOUNCES FALL OF BERLIN in Order of the Day No. 359: ‘Troops of the 1st Belorussian Front, commanded by Marshal Zhukov … have today May 2 completely captured Berlin… hotbed of German aggression.’ The Order mentions 131 generals and confers on their units honorary designation of ‘Berlin’ divisions. Battle of Berlin ends with surrender or annihilation of last pockets of resistance: 2,600 captured in shattered Reichstag.
Russians capture ports of Rostock and Warnemünde.

Western Front

British 6th Airborne Division links up with tanks of 70th Russian Armored Division at Wismar.

Burma

British 14th Army reaches Pegu, 58 km north of Rangoon. Scratch force of 7,000 Japanese offers fanatical resistance.

Sea War

Indian Ocean: Indian troops land south of Rangoon.
North Sea: 23 out of 60 U-boats sunk by RAF while attempting to escape from Northwest Germany to Norway (May 2-6).

Okinawa

US Marines suffer heavy casualties near river Asa.

Neutrals

Spain: Pierre Laval interned at disposition of the Allies.

Secret War

Dr Wernher von Braun, General Dornberger and other rocket experts surrender to US 44th Infantry Division near Reutte (Austrian Tyrol).

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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.