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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 following events occurred in January 1945: