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 | 1945-04-09 | 1945-04-10 | Scheer Sunk | During a RAF air raid on the Kiel dockyards involving over 300 aircraft, the pocket Battleship Admiral Scheer was struck by bombs and capsized at her berth. | Read about 'Scheer Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Scheer Sunk' |
| 1945-04-07 | Yamato Sunk | Having been hit by multiple bombs and torpedoes, the Japanese Battleship Yamato rolls and then explodes. An estimated 3,055 of her 3,332 crew were lost, including Vice-Admiral Seiichi Ito. | Read about 'Yamato Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Yamato Sunk' | |
| 1945-04-07 | Visoko Liberated | The 7th, 9th and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces liberate the city of Visoko. | Read about 'Visoko Liberated' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Visoko Liberated' | |
| 1945-04-06 | 1945-04-09 | Battle 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. | Read about 'Battle of Konigsberg' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of Konigsberg' |
| 1945-04-02 | 1945-04-13 | Vienna 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. | Read about 'Vienna Offensive' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Vienna Offensive' |
| 1945-04-01 | 1945-06-22 | Operation 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. | Read about 'Operation Iceburg' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Iceburg' |
| 1945-03-27 | Operation Starvation | The Twentieth Air Force flew 1,529 sorties and laid 12,135 mines in 26 locations. The aerial mining operation was designed to disrupt enemy shipping and it was extremely effective. They were responsible for the destruction of 670 Japanese ships. | Read about 'Operation Starvation' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Starvation' | |
| 1945-03-21 | British liberate Mandalay | British troops take Mandalay, Burma. | Read about 'British liberate Mandalay' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'British liberate Mandalay' | |
| 1945-03-21 | Operation Carthage | During an attack on Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen, a Mosquito bomber accidentally crashes into a school. Following bombers then attack the school believing it to be the original target. 125 civilians are killed. | Read about 'Operation Carthage' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Carthage' | |
| 1945-03-14 | Grand Slam Bomb Dropped | The RAF drop the 22,000 lb Grand Slam bomb for the first time. An Avro Lancaster of Squadron Leader CC Calder dropped the bomb from 11,965 ft (3,647 m) on the Bielefeld viaduct. | Read about 'Grand Slam Bomb Dropped' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Grand Slam Bomb Dropped' |
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