Sunday, January 19, 2025

Friday, January 19, 1945. Martin Bormann and Hitler's mistress Eva Braun arrived at the Führerbunker.

The 1st Ukrainian Front captured Łódź and Kraków.

The 2nd Belorussian Front took Mława and Włocławek.

The 1st Baltic Front captured Tilsit.

Polish Home Army commander Leopold Okulicki ordered his troops to disband.

The 4th SS Panzer Corps reached the Danube River at Dunapentele cutting the 3d Ukrainian Front off forces from its supplies.

Martin Bormann and Hitler's mistress Eva Braun arrived at the Führerbunker.

The HMS Porpoise was sunk off of Malaya by Japanese aircraft.

French Gustave Marie Maurice Mesny was murdered by the Germans in retaliation for the death of German General Fritz von Brodowski while in French custody.  The French resistance, which had been holding von Brodowski claimed that he'd been shot while tempting to escape.

"The crew of a three-inch gun covers a front line road on which G-2 has reported 20 German tanks to be advancing. 94th Division sector, junction of France, Germany and Luxembourg. 19 January, 1945."

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