Table of Data Points

Tag : Land

1945-04-16Colditz Liberated

US Troops liberate the town of Colditz and the notorious prisoner of war camp Oflag IV-C.

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1945-04-161945-05-02Battle of Berlin

The last remaining depleted, badly equipped, and disorganised Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS divisions, as well as many Volkssturm and Hitler Youth members, fight in the suburbs of Berlin against Soviet troops.

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1945-04-161945-04-19Seelow Heights

Close to one million Soviet soldiers of the 1st Belorussian Front commanded by Marshal Georgi Zhukov, attacked the position known as "Gates of Berlin". They were opposed by about 110,000 German soldiers of the Ninth Army.

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1945-04-07Visoko Liberated

The 7th, 9th and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces liberate the city of Visoko.

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1945-04-061945-04-09Battle of Konigsberg

After a three day full scale assault by Soviet troops from the the 3rd Belorussian Front, the defending German garrison at Konigsberg surrenders. This was the last major operation in the east Prussian offensive.

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1945-04-021945-04-13Vienna Offensive

Soviet forces surround and besiege the Austrian capital of Vienna. The city eventually falls and the residents are subjected to weeks of violence by occupying Soviet troops.

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1945-04-011945-06-22Operation Iceburg

US fight the largest amphibious campaign in the Pacific Theatre of the war. The US objective was to seize a large island only 340 miles away from mainland Japan. Approximately 120,00 troops and 150,000 civilians were killed in the campaign.

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1945-03-21British liberate Mandalay

British troops take Mandalay, Burma.

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1945-03-081945-03-15Meatgrinder

Following a series of disastrous assaults, General Erskine orders the 9th Marine Regiment to attack at night, without preliminary artillery bombardment. The tactics are more effective and eventually the mutually supporting positions are overwhelmed.

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1945-03-07The Bridge at Remagen

Troops of the U.S. Army's 9th Armored Division capture the Ludendorff bridge, allowing them to establish a bridgehead across the Rhine.

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