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The following events occurred in March 1945: March 1, 1945 (Thursday) U.S.President Franklin D. Roosevelt reported to Congress on the Yalta Conference.
The system was designed to detonate all 60 charges at once, though by 7 March 1945, the charges had been removed and were stored nearby. [16] [6]: 69 [17] They placed additional charges on the two piers. Within an inspection shaft in the west pier, the Germans placed 2,000 kilograms (4,400 lb) of explosives, and on the east pier they attached ...
The Western Allied invasion of Germany was coordinated by the Western Allies during the final months of hostilities in the European theatre of World War II.In preparation for the Allied invasion of Germany east of the Rhine, a series of offensive operations were designed to seize and capture its east and west banks: Operation Veritable and Operation Grenade in February 1945, and Operation ...
March 2 – Former Vice President Henry Agard Wallace starts his term of office as U.S. Secretary of Commerce, serving under President Roosevelt. March 3 – WW II: United States and Filipino troops take Manila, Philippines. March 7 – WW II: American troops seize the bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen, Germany and begin to cross.
On 5 March, the 3rd Armored Division launched a final advance on Cologne. On 6 March the American columns moved out of their positions toward the heart of the city. [3] Near the city centre there was an engagement with a German Panther tank; this skirmish was captured on film by US cameramen from the 165th Photo Signal Company. [4]
1945 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1945th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 945th year of the 2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1940s decade.
March 7 is the 66th day of the year (67th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1945 – Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2006)
On the 6 March 1945, the German 6th Army, joined by the 6th SS Panzer Army launched a pincer movement north and south of Lake Balaton. Ten armoured (Panzer) and five infantry divisions, including a large number of new heavy Tiger II tanks, struck 3rd Ukrainian Front, hoping to reach the Danube and link up with the German 2nd Panzer Army forces ...