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==[[January 1]], 1945 (Monday)== |
==[[January 1]], 1945 (Monday)== |
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*The [[Luftwaffe]] executed [[Operation Bodenplatte]], an attempt to cripple Allied air forces in the [[Low Countries]]. The operation was a tactical German success but failed in its aim of achieving air superiority. |
*The [[Luftwaffe]] executed [[Operation Bodenplatte]], an attempt to cripple Allied air forces in the [[Low Countries]]. The operation was a tactical German success but failed in its aim of achieving air superiority. |
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*The [[Battle of the Oder–Neisse]] began on the Eastern Front. |
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*[[Chenogne massacre]]: American soldiers retaliated for the [[Malmedy massacre]] by killing German prisoners of war near the village of [[Chenogne, Belgium]]. |
*[[Chenogne massacre]]: American soldiers retaliated for the [[Malmedy massacre]] by killing German prisoners of war near the village of [[Chenogne, Belgium]]. |
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*Britain refused to recognize the [[Polish Committee of National Liberation]].<ref name="chronicle of the 20th c.">{{cite book |date=1989 |editor-last=Mercer |editor-first=Derrik |title=Chronicle of the 20th Century |location=London |publisher=Chronicle Communications Ltd. |page=616 |isbn=978-0-582-03919-3 }}</ref> |
*Britain refused to recognize the [[Polish Committee of National Liberation]].<ref name="chronicle of the 20th c.">{{cite book |date=1989 |editor-last=Mercer |editor-first=Derrik |title=Chronicle of the 20th Century |location=London |publisher=Chronicle Communications Ltd. |page=616 |isbn=978-0-582-03919-3 }}</ref> |
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==[[January 3]], 1945 (Wednesday)== |
==[[January 3]], 1945 (Wednesday)== |
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* In The Philippines, the [[Invasion of Lingayen Gulf]] commences with a six-day Allied naval bombardment, which is countered with intense kamikaze attacks |
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*The [[Battle of Bure]] began as part of the [[Battle of the Bulge]]. |
*The [[Battle of Bure]] began as part of the [[Battle of the Bulge]]. |
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*British forces made landings on the Burmese island of [[Sittwe|Akyab]] with little resistance from the Japanese.<ref name="burma star">{{cite web |url=http://www.burmastar.org.uk/burma-campaign/diary-1941-45/1945/ |title=1945 |website=Burma Star Association |access-date=March 28, 2016 }}</ref> |
*British forces made landings on the Burmese island of [[Sittwe|Akyab]] with little resistance from the Japanese.<ref name="burma star">{{cite web |url=http://www.burmastar.org.uk/burma-campaign/diary-1941-45/1945/ |title=1945 |website=Burma Star Association |access-date=March 28, 2016 |archive-date=March 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325171706/http://www.burmastar.org.uk/burma-campaign/diary-1941-45/1945/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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*General [[Nikolaos Plastiras]] became [[Prime Minister of Greece]]. |
*General [[Nikolaos Plastiras]] became [[Prime Minister of Greece]]. |
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*'''Born:''' [[Stephen Stills]], rock musician, in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]] |
*'''Born:''' [[Stephen Stills]], rock musician, in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]] |
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==[[January 6]], 1945 (Saturday)== |
==[[January 6]], 1945 (Saturday)== |
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⚫ | *Japanese ''kamikaze'' attacks against American ships in the [[Lingayen Gulf]] region damaged the battleships {{USS|New Mexico|BB-40}} and {{USS|California|BB-44}}, two cruisers and four destroyers.<ref name="ww2 timelines jan 6">{{cite web |url=http://ww2timelines.com/1945/january/01061945.htm |title=Events occurring on Saturday, January 6, 1945 |website=WW2Timelines.com |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> |
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*Japanese ''kamikaze'' attacks against American ships in the [[Lingayen Gulf]] region damaged the battleships |
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*[[Turkey]] severed diplomatic relations with [[Japan]].<ref name="ww2 timelines jan 6" /> |
*[[Turkey]] severed diplomatic relations with [[Japan]].<ref name="ww2 timelines jan 6" /> |
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*British Field Marshal [[Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis|Harold Alexander]] arrived in [[Athens]] as the ''[[Dekemvriana]]'' clashes continued.<ref>{{cite |
*British Field Marshal [[Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis|Harold Alexander]] arrived in [[Athens]] as the ''[[Dekemvriana]]'' clashes continued.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 8, 1945 |title=E.L.A.S. Resistance Crumbling in Greece |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/68909597 |newspaper=The Advocate |publisher=Burnie |page=1 |via=Trove}}</ref> |
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*The British destroyer |
*The British destroyer {{HMS|Walpole|D41}} struck a mine in the [[North Sea]] and was rendered a constructive total loss. |
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*U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] delivered the [[State of the Union]] message. For the first and only time during his presidency, Roosevelt did not deliver the message as a speech before a joint session of Congress. Rather, he delivered it to Congress as a written message and recited a summary of the speech over the radio.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou.php |title=State of the Union Address and Messages |last1=Peters |first1=Gerbhard |last2=Woolley |first2=John T. |website=The American Presidency Project |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> The message concluded: "1945 can and must see the substantial beginning of the organization of world peace. This organization must be the fulfillment of the promise for which men have fought and died in this war. It must be the justification of all the sacrifices that have been made-of all the dreadful misery that this world has endured. We Americans of today, together with our Allies, are making history-and I hope it will be better history than ever has been made before. We pray that we may be worthy of the unlimited opportunities that God has given us."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/policy/1945/450106a.html |title=President Roosevelt's Message to Congress on the State of the Nation |website=[[ibiblio]] |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> |
*U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] delivered the [[State of the Union]] message. For the first and only time during his presidency, Roosevelt did not deliver the message as a speech before a joint session of Congress. Rather, he delivered it to Congress as a written message and recited a summary of the speech over the radio.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou.php |title=State of the Union Address and Messages |last1=Peters |first1=Gerbhard |last2=Woolley |first2=John T. |website=The American Presidency Project |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> The message concluded: "1945 can and must see the substantial beginning of the organization of world peace. This organization must be the fulfillment of the promise for which men have fought and died in this war. It must be the justification of all the sacrifices that have been made-of all the dreadful misery that this world has endured. We Americans of today, together with our Allies, are making history-and I hope it will be better history than ever has been made before. We pray that we may be worthy of the unlimited opportunities that God has given us."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/policy/1945/450106a.html |title=President Roosevelt's Message to Congress on the State of the Nation |website=[[ibiblio]] |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> |
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⚫ | [[File:George and Barbara Bush on their wedding day in Rye, New York - NARA - 186372.tif|thumb|right|Wedding of Barbara and George H. W. Bush]] |
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*Future United States President [[George H. W. Bush]] and future First Lady [[Barbara Bush]] were married. |
*Future United States President [[George H. W. Bush]] and future First Lady [[Barbara Bush]] were married. |
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*'''Died:''' [[Herbert Lumsden]], 47, British lieutenant general (killed by a ''kamikaze'' attack on the bridge of the battleship ''New Mexico'' during the bombardment of Luzon); [[Vladimir Vernadsky]], 81, Russian/Ukrainian mineralogist and geochemist |
*'''Died:''' [[Herbert Lumsden]], 47, British lieutenant general (killed by a ''kamikaze'' attack on the bridge of the battleship ''New Mexico'' during the bombardment of Luzon); [[Vladimir Vernadsky]], 81, Russian/Ukrainian mineralogist and geochemist |
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==[[January 7]], 1945 (Sunday)== |
==[[January 7]], 1945 (Sunday)== |
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*RAF Bomber Command sent 654 aircraft to raid [[Munich]] overnight.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.stonebooks.com/wardiary/19450107/ |title=War Diary for Sunday, 7 January 1945 |website=Stone & Stone Books |access-date=March 28, 2016 }}</ref> |
*RAF Bomber Command sent 654 aircraft to raid [[Munich]] overnight.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.stonebooks.com/wardiary/19450107/ |title=War Diary for Sunday, 7 January 1945 |website=Stone & Stone Books |access-date=March 28, 2016 }}</ref> |
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**[[Tony Conigliaro]], baseball player, in [[Revere, Massachusetts]] (d. 1990) |
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⚫ | *'''Died:''' [[Theodore E. Chandler]], 50, American rear admiral (died from wounds sustained in the Japanese kamikaze attack of the previous day); [[Thomas McGuire]], 24, U.S. Army major and posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor (killed in action in the Philippines) |
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⚫ | **[[Shulamith Firestone]], feminist writer, in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] (d. 2012) |
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⚫ | *'''Died:''' [[Theodore E. Chandler]], 50, American rear admiral (died from wounds sustained in the Japanese kamikaze attack of the previous day); [[Thomas McGuire]], 24, U.S. Army major and posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor (killed in action in the Philippines); [[Curtis F. Shoup]], 23, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant and posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor (killed in action) |
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==[[January 8]], 1945 (Monday)== |
==[[January 8]], 1945 (Monday)== |
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*The [[1st Ukrainian Front]] began the [[Sandomierz–Silesian Offensive]]. |
*The [[1st Ukrainian Front]] began the [[Sandomierz–Silesian Offensive]]. |
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*The Red Army began the [[Vistula–Oder Offensive]]. |
*The Red Army began the [[Vistula–Oder Offensive]]. |
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*U.S. warplanes attacked the Japanese naval base at [[Cam Ranh Bay]] and sank 40 ships. They also sank most of the ships in a Japanese convoy from [[Qui Nhơn]], including the cruiser ''[[Japanese cruiser Kashii|Kashii]]''.<ref name="musicandhistory">{{cite web|url=http://musicandhistory.com/music-and-history-by-the-year/207-1945.html |title=1945 |website=MusicAndHistory.com |access-date=March 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923013051/http://musicandhistory.com/music-and-history-by-the-year/207-1945.html |archive-date=September 23, 2013 |
*U.S. warplanes attacked the Japanese naval base at [[Cam Ranh Bay]] and sank 40 ships. They also sank most of the ships in a Japanese convoy from [[Qui Nhơn]], including the cruiser ''[[Japanese cruiser Kashii|Kashii]]''.<ref name="musicandhistory">{{cite web |url=http://musicandhistory.com/music-and-history-by-the-year/207-1945.html |title=1945 |website=MusicAndHistory.com |access-date=March 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923013051/http://musicandhistory.com/music-and-history-by-the-year/207-1945.html |archive-date=September 23, 2013}}</ref> |
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*'''Died:''' [[Eric Bailey (GC)|Eric Bailey]] [[George Cross|GC]], 38, [[New South Wales Police Force]] sergeant, was shot and killed in the line of duty. Although mortally wounded, Bailey restrained his assailant until assistance arrived. He would posthumously receive the [[George Cross]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37771|supp=y|page=5307|date=25 October 1946}}</ref> |
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==[[January 13]], 1945 (Saturday)== |
==[[January 13]], 1945 (Saturday)== |
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*Angry at the abandonment of [[Festung Warschau|Fortress Warsaw]], Hitler sacked generals [[Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz]] and [[Walter Fries]].<ref name="ww2 database">{{cite web |url=http://ww2db.com/event/timeline/1945/ |title=1945 |website=World War II Database |access-date=March 28, 2016 }}</ref> |
*Angry at the abandonment of [[Festung Warschau|Fortress Warsaw]], Hitler sacked generals [[Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz]] and [[Walter Fries]].<ref name="ww2 database">{{cite web |url=http://ww2db.com/event/timeline/1945/ |title=1945 |website=World War II Database |access-date=March 28, 2016 }}</ref> |
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*The [[Battle of Tsimba Ridge]] began between Australian and Japanese forces in the northern sector of [[Bougainville Island]]. |
*The [[Battle of Tsimba Ridge]] began between Australian and Japanese forces in the northern sector of [[Bougainville Island]]. |
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*Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat and humanitarian [[Raoul Wallenberg]] disappeared after being detained by Soviet authorities during the [[Siege of Budapest]] to answer charges of being engaged in espionage. Wallenberg is presumed to have died in a Moscow prison cell on July 17, 1947 although conflicting accounts exist. |
*Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat and humanitarian [[Raoul Wallenberg]] disappeared after being detained by Soviet authorities during the [[Siege of Budapest]] to answer charges of being engaged in espionage. Wallenberg is presumed to have died in a Moscow prison cell on July 17, 1947, although conflicting accounts exist. |
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==[[January 18]], 1945 (Thursday)== |
==[[January 18]], 1945 (Thursday)== |
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*[[Martin Bormann]] and [[Eva Braun]] arrived at the ''Führerbunker''.<ref name="stone books jan 19" /> |
*[[Martin Bormann]] and [[Eva Braun]] arrived at the ''Führerbunker''.<ref name="stone books jan 19" /> |
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*The British submarine [[HMS Porpoise (N14)|HMS ''Porpoise'']] was sunk off [[Penang]], [[British Malaya|Malaya]] by Japanese aircraft. |
*The British submarine [[HMS Porpoise (N14)|HMS ''Porpoise'']] was sunk off [[Penang]], [[British Malaya|Malaya]] by Japanese aircraft. |
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*'''Died:''' [[Petar Bojović]], 86, Serbian military commander ( |
*'''Died:''' [[Petar Bojović]], 86, Serbian military commander (Pneumonia); [[Gustave Mesny]], 58, French Army general (executed by the Nazis) |
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==[[January 20]], 1945 (Saturday)== |
==[[January 20]], 1945 (Saturday)== |
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*The [[fourth inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt]] was |
*The [[fourth inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt]] took place. In what was officially justified as a wartime austerity measure (but also likely doneinconsideration of the President's increasingly precarious health) the inauguration was a relatively modest ceremony held on South Portico of the [[White House]]. In what would turn out to be the final time the then-longstanding tradition was observed, outgoing Vice President [[Henry A. Wallace]] administered the oath of office to his successor [[Harry S. Truman]]. |
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*The German [[Evacuation of East Prussia]] began |
*The German [[Evacuation of East Prussia]] began. |
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*The [[4th Ukrainian Front]] advancing through Slovakia took [[Prešov]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.stonebooks.com/wardiary/19450120/ |title=War Diary for Saturday, 20 January 1945 |website=Stone & Stone Books |access-date=March 28, 2016 }}</ref> |
*The [[4th Ukrainian Front]] advancing through Slovakia took [[Prešov]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.stonebooks.com/wardiary/19450120/ |title=War Diary for Saturday, 20 January 1945 |website=Stone & Stone Books |access-date=March 28, 2016 }}</ref> |
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*Chinese forces captured [[Muse, Burma]].<ref name="musicandhistory" /> |
*Chinese forces captured [[Muse, Burma]].<ref name="musicandhistory" /> |
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==[[January 21]], 1945 (Sunday)== |
==[[January 21]], 1945 (Sunday)== |
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*Hungary declared war on Germany.<ref name="chronicle of the 20th c." /> |
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*The 3rd Belorussian Front captured [[Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast|Gumbinnen]], while the 1st Belorussian Front crossed the [[Warta|Warthen]] and approached [[Poznań]].<ref name="stone books jan 21">{{cite web |url=http://books.stonebooks.com/wardiary/19450121/ |title=War Diary for Sunday, 21 January 1945 |website=Stone & Stone Books |access-date=March 28, 2016 }}</ref> |
*The 3rd Belorussian Front captured [[Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast|Gumbinnen]], while the 1st Belorussian Front crossed the [[Warta|Warthen]] and approached [[Poznań]].<ref name="stone books jan 21">{{cite web |url=http://books.stonebooks.com/wardiary/19450121/ |title=War Diary for Sunday, 21 January 1945 |website=Stone & Stone Books |access-date=March 28, 2016 }}</ref> |
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*To prevent their desecration by the Soviets, the Germans began demolishing key structures of the [[Tannenberg Memorial]] and disinterred the remains of [[Paul von Hindenburg]] and his wife ahead of the Red Army's advance. |
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*Hitler ordered that every commanding officer from division level upward was required to notify him of all planned movements so he could override them if he saw fit.<ref name="stone books jan 21" /> |
*Hitler ordered that every commanding officer from division level upward was required to notify him of all planned movements so he could override them if he saw fit.<ref name="stone books jan 21" /> |
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*German submarine ''[[German submarine U-1199]]'' was depth charged and sunk off the [[Isles of Scilly]] by British warships. |
*German submarine ''[[German submarine U-1199]]'' was depth charged and sunk off the [[Isles of Scilly]] by British warships. |
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*The [[Battle of the Bulge]] ended in Allied victory. |
*The [[Battle of the Bulge]] ended in Allied victory. |
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*The Germans blew up and abandoned the [[Wolf's Lair]] ahead of the advancing Soviets. |
*The Germans blew up and abandoned the [[Wolf's Lair]] ahead of the advancing Soviets. |
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*Hitler appointed [[Heinrich Himmler]] as commander of the hastily formed [[Army Group Vistula]] (''Heeresgruppe Weichsel'') to halt the Soviet [[Red Army]]'s [[Vistula–Oder offensive]] into [[Pomerania]], despite Himmler's lack of military experience.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kershaw|first=Ian|author-link=Ian Kershaw|title=Hitler: A Biography|publisher=Norton|location=New York|year=2008|isbn=978-0-393-06757-6|page=891}}</ref> |
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*'''Born:''' [[Leigh Taylor-Young]], actress, in [[Washington, D.C.]] |
*'''Born:''' [[Leigh Taylor-Young]], actress, in [[Washington, D.C.]] |
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*The war film ''[[Objective, Burma!]]'' starring [[Errol Flynn]] premiered in New York City. |
*The war film ''[[Objective, Burma!]]'' starring [[Errol Flynn]] premiered in New York City. |
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*'''Born:''' [[Jacqueline du Pré]], cellist, in [[Oxford]], England (d. 1987) |
*'''Born:''' [[Jacqueline du Pré]], cellist, in [[Oxford]], England (d. 1987) |
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*'''Died:''' [[Tom Pendergast]], 72, American political boss, convicted felon and mentor to the then-newly inaugurated Vice President Truman. |
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==[[January 27]], 1945 (Saturday)== |
==[[January 27]], 1945 (Saturday)== |
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==[[January 28]], 1945 (Sunday)== |
==[[January 28]], 1945 (Sunday)== |
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*[[Action of 28 January 1945]]: An inconclusive naval engagement was fought between two British light cruisers and three German destroyers near [[Bergen]], [[Norway]]. |
*[[Action of 28 January 1945]]: An inconclusive naval engagement was fought between two British light cruisers and three German destroyers near [[Bergen]], [[Norway]]. |
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*The Soviet [[1st Ukrainian Front]] captured [[Katowice]] and [[Leszno]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.stonebooks.com/wardiary/19450128/ |title=War Diary for Sunday, 28 January 1945 |website=Stone & Stone Books |access-date=March 28, 2016 }}</ref> |
*The Soviet [[1st Ukrainian Front]] captured [[Katowice]] and [[Leszno]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.stonebooks.com/wardiary/19450128/ |title=War Diary for Sunday, 28 January 1945 |website=Stone & Stone Books |access-date=March 28, 2016 }}</ref> |
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*The Germans committed a massacre of six Italian generals ([[Giuseppe Andreoli (general)|Giuseppe Andreoli]], [[Emanuele Balbo Bertone]], [[Ugo Ferrero]], [[Carlo Spatocco]], [[Alberto Trionfi]], [[Alessandro Vaccaneo]]) in [[Kuźnica Żelichowska]] during a German-perpetrated [[The March (1945)|death march]] of prisoners of war.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Muraca|first=Ilio|year=2008|title=E quei generali marciavano, marciavano e morivano|magazine=Patria Indipendente|location=Roma|language=it|issue=9|pages=21–23|issn=0031-3130}}</ref> |
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*'''Born:''' [[Chuck Pyle]], country-folk musician, in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]] (d. 2015) |
*'''Born:''' [[Chuck Pyle]], country-folk musician, in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]] (d. 2015) |
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*'''Died:''' [[Roza Shanina]], 20, Soviet sniper with 59 confirmed kills (died in East Prussia of a chest wound sustained the previous day from a shell fragment) |
*'''Died:''' [[Roza Shanina]], 20, Soviet sniper with 59 confirmed kills (died in East Prussia of a chest wound sustained the previous day from a shell fragment) |
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==[[January 30]], 1945 (Tuesday)== |
==[[January 30]], 1945 (Tuesday)== |
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*While evacuating German civilians, Nazi officials and military personnel from [[Gdynia]], the German military transport ship ''[[MV Wilhelm Gustloff|Wilhelm Gustloff]]'' was torpedoed and sunk by the Soviet submarine ''[[Soviet submarine S-13|S-13]]''. 9,400 people died, making it the largest loss of life in a single ship sinking in history. |
*While evacuating German civilians, Nazi officials and military personnel from [[Gdynia]], the German military transport ship ''[[MV Wilhelm Gustloff|Wilhelm Gustloff]]'' was torpedoed and sunk by the Soviet submarine ''[[Soviet submarine S-13|S-13]]''. 9,400 people died, making it the largest loss of life in a single ship sinking in history. |
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*On the twelfth anniversary of the Nazis coming to power, a speech by Adolf Hitler was broadcast wearily appealing once again for the German people to keep up a spirit of resistance. It was the last speech Hitler ever made.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fest |first=Joachim |author-link=Joachim Fest |date=1974 |title=Hitler |publisher=Harcourt Books |page=723 |isbn=978-0-544-19554-7 }}</ref> |
*On the twelfth anniversary of the Nazis coming to power, a speech by Adolf Hitler was broadcast wearily appealing once again for the German people to keep up a spirit of resistance. It was the last public speech Hitler ever made.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fest |first=Joachim |author-link=Joachim Fest |date=1974 |title=Hitler |publisher=Harcourt Books |page=723 |isbn=978-0-544-19554-7 }}</ref> |
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*The Second [[Battle of Kesternich]] began just inside the German border with Belgium. |
*The Second [[Battle of Kesternich]] began just inside the German border with Belgium. |
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*U.S. and Filipino forces conducted the [[Raid at Cabanatuan]] and liberated more than 552 Allied prisoners of war from a camp near [[Cabanatuan]]. |
*U.S. and Filipino forces conducted the [[Raid at Cabanatuan]] and liberated more than 552 Allied prisoners of war from a camp near [[Cabanatuan]]. |
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*The [[Battle for the Kapelsche Veer]] ended in Allied victory. |
*The [[Battle for the Kapelsche Veer]] ended in Allied victory. |
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*The [[Battle of Hill 170]] ended in British Indian victory. |
*The [[Battle of Hill 170]] ended in British Indian victory. |
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*[[Podgaje massacre]]: The German ''[[Waffen-SS]]'' carried out a massacre of some 160–210 Polish POWs in the village of [[Podgaje, Greater Poland Voivodeship|Podgaje]] (see ''[[German atrocities committed against Polish prisoners of war]]''). |
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*'''Born:''' [[Joseph Kosuth]], conceptual artist, in [[Toledo, Ohio]] |
*'''Born:''' [[Joseph Kosuth]], conceptual artist, in [[Toledo, Ohio]] |
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*'''Died:''' [[Eddie Slovik]], 24, U.S. Army private and the only American soldier to be |
*'''Died:''' [[Eddie Slovik]], 24, U.S. Army private (shot by firing squad after being sentenced to death upon being convicted by court-martial of desertion, and the only American soldier to be executed for that offence since the American Civil War) |
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==References== |
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