Cavalrymen of the 3rd Guards Cavalry Corps approaching Allenstein, Prussia, now Olsztyn, Poland. January 22, 1945. A least a few of these horses appear to be panjes, Russian peasant ponies. Allenstein dates back to 1334, when it was founded as a military outpost by the Teutonic Knights. It rebelled against those knights in 1454 and joined the Kingdom of Poland. Nicholas Copernicus, famous scientist and Catholic Deacon, lived there from 1516 to 1521. It became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1772 during the First Partition of Poland. Given this, in reality, the post World War Two result simply returned it to what it had originally been, Polish.
The British Army took St. Joost and other towns near Sittard. The US 1st Army attacked all along the front between Houffalize and St. Vith.
Kriegsmarine torpedo boats attacked a convoy north of Dunkirk while other torpedo penetrated into the Thames Estuary.
The British IV Corps took Htilin in Bruma and the Battle of Hill 170 began. The British also took Tilin.
M4 Sherman of the 19th King George's Own Lancers, Burma, 22 January 1945
The Royal Air Force destroyed a liquid oxygen factory in Alblasserdam in a Spitfire raid. The oxygen was used for rockets.
The 1st Corps engaged the Japanese in heavy fighting near Carmen and Rosario on Luzon.
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