Wednesday, April 11, 1945. US Army enters Buchewald.

U.S. forces entered Buchenwald.

Sherman tank in Schweinfurt, April 11, 1945.  This Sherman is an "Easy 8".

The multi Commonwealth Z Special Force launched Operation Copper which had the goal of capturing a Japanese officer for interrogation and discovering the location of two naval guns of Muschu Island, New Guinea. It was a failure, with seven out of eight men on the mission being killed.

Operation Opossum ended with the rescue of the Sultan of Ternate.

Chile declared war on Japan.

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Tuesday, April 10, 1945. The Great Jet Massacre.

Labels: 1940s, 1945, Army, boats and ships, British Army, Buchenwald, Burma, France, German Luftwaffe, Okinawa, Philippines, Royal Air Force, World War Two

Monday, April 9, 1945. The End of B-17 Production.

"Tankmen of the 781st Tank Battalion, supporting the 100th Infantry Division, relax while awaiting the construction of a new bridge across the Neckar River in Heilbronn, Germany. The former pontoon bridge put in by the engineers was knocked out by effective and accurate artillery fire. 9 April, 1945.  781st Tank Battalion, 100th Infantry Division."

Photographer: T/4 Irving Leibowitz, 163rd Signal Photo Co.

The Battle of Königsberg ended in a Red Army victory.

The Japanese invaded west Hunan.

The Battle of Bologna began in Italy.

The Australian Z Special Force began Operation Opossum with the goal of rescuing the Sultan of Ternate from Ternate Island in Indonesia.

The RAF sank the Admiral Scheer, the U-804, U-843 and the U-1065.

B-17 production stopped in Seattle.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, age 39, German Lutheran pastor; Wilhelm Canaris, age 58, German admiral; Ludwig Gehre, age 49, German officer; Hans Oster, age 57, German major general; Karl Sack, age 48, German jurist; and Theodor Strünck, age 50, German lawyer, and  Johann Georg Elser, age 42, were executed by the German government.

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Sunday, April 8, 1945. Cebu City.

Labels: 1940s, 1945, Army, Battle for Cebu City, Croatia, Italy, Operation Amherst, Philippines, South African Army, Weapons, World War Two, Yugoslavia