Diary January 31, 1945
Wednesday, January 31, 1945 Home Fronts USA: 16 war workers’ children killed by fire in nursery at Auburn, Maine. Germany: Gollob (150 victories) succeeds Galland as General der Jagdflieger. Russian …
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Diary January 30, 1945
Diary for January 30, 1945 Sea War Baltic: WORST SEA DISASTER IN HISTORY. 7,000 refugees drown when Russian Scuka class submarine S-13 sinks liner Wilhelm Gustloff. Western Front Allied forces …
Diary January 29, 1945
Monday, January 29, 1945 Russian Front Poland: Zhukov encircles large German garrison in Poznan. Sea War Baltic: German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and destroyers bombard advancing Russian forces on East …
Diary January 28, 1945
Sunday, January 28, 1945 China First supply convoy reaches China via Ledo Road. Western Front Ardennes: US 1st Army attacks east of St Vith. Air War Europe: 1,000 bombers of …
Diary January 27, 1945
Saturday, January 27, 1945 Russian Front Zhukov‘s forces now only 161 km from Berlin; Memel falls. Sea War Atlantic: 5 ships sunk by U-boat U-1232 off Halifax during January.
Diary January 26, 1945
Friday, January 26, 1945 Russian Front Rokossovsky breaks through the Gulf of Danzig, virtually isolating German forces in East Prussia. Western Front Lieutenant Audie Murphy, most decorated US soldier of …
Diary January 25, 1945
Thursday, January 25, 1945 Sea War Baltic – GREATEST EVACUATION IN HISTORY: 1,500,000 – 2,000,000 German troops and civilians rescued by May 8 from East Prussia, Pomerania and Courland in …
Diary January 24, 1945
Wednesday, January 24, 1945 Sea War Indian Ocean: British Pacific Fleet carriers attack Pladjoe and Soengi-Gerong oil refineries at Palembang, Sumatra (January 24 and 29): Pladjoe plant severely damaged and …
Diary January 23, 1945
Tuesday, January 23, 1945 Russian Front Konev‘s forces reach river Oder on 64-km front. Zhukov captures Bromberg. Himmler takes personal command of ‘Army Group Vistula‘. Home Fronts France: Charles Maurras, …
Diary January 22, 1945
Monday, January 22, 1945 Sea War North Sea: German E-boats attack convoy north of Dunkirk. German 8th S-boat Flotilla penetrates into Thames Estuary.
Diary January 21, 1945
Sunday, January 21, 1945 Russian Front East Prussia: Rokossovsky captures Tannenberg.
Diary January 20, 1945
Saturday, January 20, 1945 Russian Front 3rd Belorussian Front (Cherniakhovsky) captures Tilsit, East Prussia. Politics Armistice between Provisional National Government (Communists) of Hungary and the Allies: war declared on Germany …
Diary January 19, 1945
Friday, January 19, 1945 Russian Front Konev takes Cracow. Air War Europe: Red Air Force flies 30,000 sorties against communications and airfields. Pacific: B-29 Superfortress destroy Kawasaki aircraft factory near …
Diary January 18, 1945
War Diary World War One for Thursday, January 18, 1945: Russian Front 2nd Belorussian Front (Rokossovsky) captures Modlin.
Diary January 17, 1945
Wednesday, January 17, 1945 Russian Front ZHUKOV CAPTURES WARSAW. Air War Germany: 291 RAF bombers attacking Magdeburg and dropping 1,060 t of bombs. USAAF bombers attacking Paderborn and dropping 1,031 …
