Diary January 16, 1945

War Diary, 01-1945, Diary WW2, Year 1945 / 1 minute of reading

The winter war in the Ardennes is a new experience for the US soldiers.

Tuesday, January 16, 1945:

Western Front

US 1st and 3rd Armies link up at Houffalize in the Ardennes.

Sea War

Indian Ocean – Operation Meridian: British Pacific Fleet (TF 63) leaves Ceylon for the Pacific.

Battle of the Bulge Losses:

	KIA	wounded	missing/POWs	Tanks
Germans	c. 120,000 (KIA, wounded, missing, PoWs)	=	=	600
US	8,607	47,139	21,144	733
British	1,400 (KIA, wounded, missing, PoWs)	=	=	?

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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.

Western Front

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