US troops, ultimately to include members of the Marine Corps and the U.S. Army, landed on Okinawa in Operation Iceberg. The initial landing of 50,000 men saw little resistance.
The Red Army took Sopron, Hungaria.
The Battle of Kassel began between the U.S. Army's 80th Division and German defenders.
British commandos began Operation Roast in an effort to push the Germans across the Po and out of Italy.
Hitler moved his headquarters to the Führerbunker..
The hospital ship Awa Maru was sunk in a case of mistaken identity by the USS Queenfish leading to the loss of 2003 of its 2004 passengers and crew.
And this wild communications item was introduced.
Visie-Talkie, 1945
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