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20 April 1945
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
8 of 115 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Luzon
In U.S. Sixth Army’s I Corps area, elements of 148th Inf, 37th Div, seize ridge NE of Irisan bridge site in flanking attack.
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Western Europe
12th Army Group: In U.S. Ninth Army’s XIII Corps area, 29th Div, with 115th Inf on left and 116th on right, attacks NE toward the Elbe on left flank of corps; reaches line Esterholz-Schostorf-Wittingen and relieves British units on left.
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Battle of Berlin
The successes of the 1st Ukrainian Front during the first nine days of the battle meant that by 25 April, they were occupying large swathes of the area south and southwest of Berlin.
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Battle of Berlin
To the south, Marshal Konev shifted the main weight of the 1st Ukrainian Front out of Upper Silesia and northwest to the Neisse River.
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Battle of Berlin
The first day of May saw little close quarters combat.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 32 Allied sorties (11 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1945-04-20, flown by USAAF 10th Air Force, USAAF 14th Air Force. Targets included BURMA, CHINA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Theater not recorded
THOR mission records show at least 33 Allied sorties (11 recorded unit missions) in the Theater not recorded on 1945-04-20, flown by USAAF 15th Air Force, USAAF 12th Air Force.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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