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26 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.
6 of 9 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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Italy
15th Army Group: In U.S. Fifth Army’s IV Corps area, TF Darby of 10th Mtn Div enters Verona at 0600 and finds 88th Div (II Corps) in control; starts along E side of Lake Garda to cut off enemy escape routes.
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Luzon
In U.S. Sixth Army’s I Corps area, Mt Mirador falls to 129th Inf, 37th Div. In 33d Div sector, 1st Bn of 130th Inf and 1st Bn of 123d Inf find Dominican hill virtually deserted by enemy.
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Finnmark
Campaign during World War 2 in Scandinavia.
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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The ground support echelon of the 509th Composite Group moved by rail on 26 April 1945, to its port of embarkation at Seattle, Washington.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 45 Allied sorties (16 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1945-04-26, flown by USAAF 10th Air Force, USAAF 14th Air Force, USAAF 5th 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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26 April in other years 19401941194219431944
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