Diary April 22, 1945
Diary for Sunday, April 22, 1945: Russian Front Battle of Berlin: Russians capture Weissensee district. Hitler decides to remain in Berlin. Italy US 5th Army reaches river Po at Ostiglia. […]
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Diary April 21, 1940
Diary for Sunday, April 21, 1940: Air War RAF bombers (1 lost) raid Aalborg airfield (north Denmark) and Stavanger–Sola airfield.
Diary April 21, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, April 21, 1915: Eastern Front 8 German divisions begin rail move (60 trains per day) to south of Cracow. Russians discover this from April 25. Austrians repulsed
Diary April 21, 1945
Diary for Saturday, April 21, 1945: Russian Front BATTLE OF BERLIN. ZHUKOV‘S TROOPS ENTER SUBURBS. Konev attacks north of Dresden. Western Front French occupy Stuttgart. Italy ALLIES CAPTURE BOLOGNA. General
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Diary April 20, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, April 20, 1915: Eastern Front Austrian High Command estimate 1,001,000 Austro-Germans (11 armies) fighting 1,540,000 Russians on 720-mile front. Western Front Flanders: Gas shells testfired at Hill
Diary April 20, 1940
Diary for Friday, April 20, 1940: Air War German bombers (3 lost) attack British naval units off Norway.
Diary April 20, 1945
Diary for Friday, April 20, 1945: Western Front ‘Stars and Stripes’ raised over rostrum of Nuremberg Stadium scene of Nazi Party rallies. Lattre de Tassigny’s French 1st Army execute rapid
Battle of Berlin 1945
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Diary April 19, 1915
Diary for Monday, April 19, 1915: Air War Western Front: Morane ‘L’ fighter (Lt Roland Garros) , damaged by German rifleman Schlenstedt in Courtrai rail station, makes forced landing behind
Diary April 19, 1940
Diary for Friday, April 19, 1940: Norway British brigade, advancing south from Namsos, reaches Verdal, 80 km from Trondheim. French troops (Chasseurs Alpins) land as reinforcements at Namsos. But German
Diary April 19, 1945
Diary for Thursday, April 19, 1945: Okinawa US 24th Corps, 10th Army, launches general assault on outer defenses of ‘Shuri Line’, in the south, after preparatory bombardment by 139 planes,
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Diary April 18, 1940
Diary for Thursday, April 18, 1940: Norway British base established at Molde; troops land at nearby Alesund. Operation Hammer cancelled – British plan (Churchill and Admiral Keyes) for direct assault
Diary April 18, 1915
Diary for Sunday, April 18, 1915: Neutrals Holland: International Women’s Peace Congress opens in Hague (1,136 delegates from 12 countries). British Admiralty suspension of ferries (22 April-1 May) stops 25
Diary April 18, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, April 18, 1945: Western Front 370,000-strong Army Group B. surrenders in Ruhr ‘Pocket’; Field Marshal Model commits suicide. Royal Engineers begin constructing Bailey Bridge over the Rhine,
