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On 20 April 1945, Hitler's 56th birthday, Soviet artillery of the 1st Belorussian Front began shelling Berlin and did not stop until the city surrendered. The weight of ordnance delivered by Soviet artillery during the battle was greater than the total tonnage dropped by Western Allied bombers on the city. [53]
April 7, 1945 (Saturday) Operation Ten-Go: The Japanese battleship Yamato and nine other warships launched a suicide attack on Allied forces engaged in the Battle of Okinawa. Yamato was bombed, torpedoed and sunk by U.S. Navy aircraft south of Kyushu with the loss of 2,055 of 2,332 crew. Five other Japanese warships were sunk by American aircraft.
Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler[ a] (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, [ c] becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.
Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday was celebrated as a national holiday throughout Nazi Germany on 20 April 1939. Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels made sure the events organised in Berlin were a lavish spectacle focusing on Hitler himself. The festivities included a military parade with some 40,000 to 50,000 German troops taking part, along ...
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [ 4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...
April 20 is the 110th day ... 1945 – World War II: U.S. troops ... World War II: Führerbunker: On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface ...
Battle of Okinawa. Part of the Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign of the Pacific Theater ( World War II) 1st Marine Regiment during fighting at Wana Ridge during the Battle of Okinawa, May 1945. Date. 1 April – 22 June 1945 [ 1] (2 months and 3 weeks) [ 2] Location. Okinawa Island and Prefecture, Ryukyu Islands, Empire of Japan.
Danny Abramowicz. Lester Abrams. Berhane Abrehe. Sergio Abreu (politician) Lilia Ann Abron. Mohamed Abrouk. Abdul Aziz Abu Bakar. Azizah Abd Allah Abu Lahum. Abu Saeed Muhammad Omar Ali.