 In Italy... US 5th Army joins British 8th Army in mounting the spring offensive operations. There are attacks on either side of the roads to Bologna from Florence and Pistoia. Vergato is captured.
On the Western Front... The US 3rd Army captures Bayreuth.
In the North Atlantic...Allied forces conduct Operation
Teardrop. Two carrier task groups carry out an extensive search for Seewolf
U-boats suspected of transporting V2 rockets to be launched against New
York city.
In Germany... Reichsfuhrer SS Himmler orders that no
prisoners at Dachau "shall be allowed to fall into the hands of the
enemy alive."
In the Philippines... The US 14th Corps continues its advance onto the Bicol Peninsula in the southwest of Luzon. Calauag is taken. In north Luzon, US 1st Corps continues attacking near Baguio but fails to make significant progress.
In the Ryukyu Islands... Japanese Kamikaze attacks damage the battleship USS
New York. On Okinawa, American forces attack strong Japanese
defenses in the hilly Motobu Peninsula in the north. |
