01-1945

War Diary WW2 for Thursday, January 11, 1945: Sea War Pacific – Operation Kongo: 6 Japanese submarines launch Kaiten torpedoes against Allied naval bases in Central Pacific (1 landing craft, […]

War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, January 10, 1945: Western Front Bure and Samree (Ardennes) captured by Allied forces.

War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, January 9, 1945: Sea War Pacific – AMERICANS LAND IN LINGAYEN GULF 172 km from Manila (Operation Mike I). 70 Japanese Shinyo suicide boats attack

War Diary WW2 for Monday, January 8, 1945: Western Front Allied forces eliminate German position on West Bank of river Meuse.

War Diary WW2 for Sunday, January 7, 1945: Politics Stalin informs Churchill that, although bad weather is forecast, which will deprive Red Army of air cover, preparations for a great

War Diary WW2 for Saturday, January 6, 1945: Air War Pacific: Kamikaze planes damage battleships USS California, New Mexico and 14 other warships; minesweeper sunk (total 608 casualties). Germany: 561

War Diary WW2 for Friday, January 5, 1945: Air War Germany: 8th USAAF despatches 1,000 planes with 500 escort fighters to bomb and strafe rail targets across Western Germany.

War Diary WW2 for Thursday, January 4, 1945: Air War Pacific: Americans bomb Clark Field, Manila (Philippines).

War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, January 3, 1945: Burma Allied forces land on Akyab Island. Sea War British S class submarine Shakespeare depth­-charged by Japanese patrol boats.

War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, January 2, 1945: Air War Germany: 1,000 US bombers hammer troop concentrations and com­munications in Western Germany. 1,000 RAF bombers attack Nuremberg (2,067t of bombs)

War Diary WW2 for Monday, January 1, 1945: Air War Europe: 800 German fighter-bombers carry out massed low-level raids on Allied airfields in Belgium and Holland (Operation Bodenplatte or Hermann).