Diary May 9, 1945

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

Victory celebration at the Red Square in Moscow.

Diary for Wednesday, May 9, 1945:

Home Fronts

Russia – Victory celebrations in Moscow: 2 million people watch spectacular fireworks display.
Britain: Many Defense Regulations revoked.

Russian Front

German Army Group Kurland begins surrendering to Russians. 133,000 surrender (May 9-11).

Occupied countries

France: Surrender of German garrisons at La Rochelle, St Nazaire, Lorient and Channel Islands. Vice-Admiral Huffmeier, Commander of the Channel Islands garrison, surrenders aboard destroyer Bulldog.
Austria: Göring and Kesselring captured by Americans.
Norway: Reichskommissar Terboven commits suicide; aged 46. Quisling arrested by Resistance.
Greece: 20,000 German troops on Crete, Rhodes and other islands surrender to Allied troops.

Okinawa

Americans take Hill 60 and Kochi Ridge.

About The Author

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.