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April 1945
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1st and 2nd Belorussian and 1st Ukrainian Fronts launch attack on Berlin along the Oder and Neisse
Canadian troops reach the Zuider Zee
Hitler orders that "he who gives the order to retreat ... is to be shot on the spot"
US troops land on Ie Shima
US 6th Army clears the San Francisco area of Luzon
14th Army takes Taungpo
RAF bombers sink the Lutzow
German submarine U-1274 sunk with all hands off Newcastle-upon-Tyne
German submarines U-880 sunk with all hands in the North Atlantic