Diary May 3, 1945

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

Indian troops in front of Rangoon — Indian troops captures a village in front of Rangoon after their invasion on the previous day.

Diary for Thursday, May 3, 1945:

Burma

INDIAN TROOPS OCCUPY RANGOON without resistance.

Western Front

British capture Hamburg. 59 merchant ships and 600 small craft scuttled. Patton takes Braunau (Hitler‘s birthplace). German surrender envoys meet Montgomery on Lüneburg Heath.

Sea War

At least 5,000 former concentration camp inmates, of many nationalities, drowned when RAF fighter-bombers sink liner Cap Arkona and SS Thielbek off Lübeck.

Okinawa

Major Japanese counteroffensive, involving tanks, infantry, heavy artillery, 800 seaborne assault troops and 125 Kamikaze planes, which hit 17 ships (May 3-5).

Philippines

Davao, capital of Mindanao, captured by Americans.

Neutrals

Eire: Prime Minister De Valera calls at German Legation to offer his condolences on death of Adolf Hitler
Portugal: Salazar orders day’s mourning for Hitler.

Occupied countries

Holland: Return of the Queen and Princess Juliana.

Air War

Germany: 125 RAF bombers attacking Kiel and dropping 174 t. of bombs.

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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.