Sunday, April 8, 1945. Cebu City.

"Sam Yoshihana, Chicago, Ill., leads a bunch of German prisoners taken by the 100th Bn., through the village of Valecchia to a PW cage. 8 April, 1945. Valecchia, Italy. 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Photographer: Bull, 196th Signal Photo Co."  Yoshihana is armed iith a Thompson submachinegun.

British and French forces prevailed in Operation Amherst.

The US won the Battle for Cebu City.

The Battle of Lijevče Field ended in victory for the forces of the Independent State of Croatia which wasn't to be independent for very much longer.

"C and D Troop, 10/65 Field Btry., 4/22 Field Regt., South African arty., 6th South African Arm'd Div., firing a mission. They are equipped with "sextons", self-propelled 25 pounder cannons. 8 April, 1945. Pian Di Setta area, Italy. Photographer: Thomas, 196th Signal Photo Co"

Last edition:

Saturday, April 7, 1945. Desperate efforts.

Labels: 1940s, 1945, Free French, German Luftwaffe, Imperial Japanese Navy, Japan, Kamikaze, Netherlands, Operation Amherst, Operation Kikusui I, Operation Ten-Go, Special Air Service, U.S. Navy, World War Two

Tuesday, March 27, 1945. The last rockets.

The Germans fired their last V-2 rockets killing 200 civilians in England and Belgium.

The US captured Cebu City.

Argentina declared war on the Axis, after having been sympathetic to it for much of the war.

The Royal Navy sank the U-722.

"Elements of the 9th Armored Division, 1st U.S. Army, roll through the streets of Limburg, Germany. 27 March, 1945. 73rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion, 9th Armored Division. Photographer: T/4 W. D. MacDonald, 167th Signal Photo Co.

Last edition:

Monday, March 26, 1945. Last action at Iwo Jima.

Labels: 1940s, 1945, Battle for Cebu City, boats and ships, German Kriegsmarine, Imperial Japanese Army, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Philippines, U.S. Navy, World War Two

Monday, March 26, 1945. Last action at Iwo Jima.

The Battle of Iwo Jima officially ended in a U.S. victory following a final Japanese suicide attack.  Japanese commander Tadamichi Kuribayashi is believed to have died on or around this date, probably killed in action.  Some Japanese holdouts would fight on beyond this date.

The Battle for Cebu City began in the Philippines.

The USS Halligan was irreparably damaged by a mine off of Okinawa.

The U-399 was sunk off of Land's End by the HMS Duckworth.

Last edition:

Sunday, March 25, 1945. Crossing the Rhine.

Labels: 1940s, 1945, Allied Powers, Army, Battle of Remagen, Bernard Law Montgomery, Bratislava–Brno Offensive, Germany, Operation Plunder, Red Army, the spoken word, The written word, Winston Churchill, World War Two