Air Operations, Carolines
18 11th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack the Truk Atoll.
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BURMA- 54 10th Air Force fighter-bombers attack Japanese Army troops and supplies at Ming Kung and Mong Nim, and targets of opportunity across central Burma.
- 7 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack Hsihhsiassuchi.
- 5 B-25s attack barracks and stores at Pinglo.
- several B-25s attack rail yards at Yanglowtung and targets of opportunity near Paoching.
- More than 150 14th Air Force fighter-bombers attack numerous targets across southern and eastern China and northern French Indochina.
| ]Air Operations, Europe
RAF BOMBER COMMANDDaylight Ops:
- 129 Halifaxes of No. 4 Group and 14 Pathfinder Lancasters attack the railway yards at Nuremberg with great accuracy.
- There are no losses.
- 100 Halifaxes of No. 4 Group and 14 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitos of No. 8 Group carry out a very good attack on railway yards on Bayreuth.
- There are no losses.
Minor Ops:
- 107 Mosquitos are sent to Berlin in 3 waves, and 8 are sent to Munich.
- 1 Mosquito is lost on the Berlin raid.
| ]Air Operations, East Indies
XIII Fighter Command P-38s attack artillery positions at Tarakan.
[ | ]Air Operations, Formosa
- V Bomber Command B-24s attack the airfield at Okayama.
- 13 38th Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack several industrial targets, including a sugar refinery.
| ]Air Operations, Philippines
- FEAF B-24s and 24 494th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack Cotabato and Japanese Army positions near Guadalupe.
- V Bomber Command B-24s, B-25s, and A-20s, V Fighter Command fighter-bombers attack targets throughout Luzon.
| ]Air Operations, Ryukyus
- US Navy carrier aircraft and US Marine Corps land-based aircraft support US 10th Army ground forces on Okinawa. TBMs and F6Fs from Task Unit 52.1.3 attack airfields in the Sakishima Islands.
- Japanese aircraft open a two-day effort against the Okinawa invasion fleet, especially Task Force 58. Forewarned by a captured kamikaze pilot, Task Force 58 is prepared to defend the invasion fleet from these attacks. All light bombers are struck below, all fighters are made ready to swamp the oncoming kamikaze waves, and the fighter patrols over the fleet and radar pickets are beefed up. The first day’s attacks are light, but the USS Enterprise is hit by a kamikaze, as are the battleship USS Missouri and several picket destroyers. During an evening bombing attack, the USS Essex is damaged by a near miss.
| ]Burma
In the British IV Corps sector, the 5th(7th?) Indian Div, relieving the 17th Indian Div at Pyawbwe, advances, led by armored units, as far as Yamethin. The armored advance guard takes the town, but the infantry are held up in the built-up area by strong Japanese resistance.
[ | ]Diplomatic Relations
A treaty of friendship and collaboration between the USSR and Yugoslavia is signed in Moscow. Spain breaks diplomatic relations with Japan.
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Eastern Front
The battle of Vienna goes on. The 3rd Ukraine Front puts strong pressure on the left wing of the German 2nd Panzer Army and drives on between the Mur and Raab Rivers. The Russians make a deep penetration west of Neuenkirchen. In the capital itself the Russians reach the city center, and capture the Parliament building and the City Hall.
The German Army Group Center withdraws under stong enemy pressure along the course of the Vah River in the Low Tatra area. The Russians, says the German communiqué, are marching toward Zilina, south of Moravska-Ostrava.
The Russians announce that, in the period of April 6-10, they have captured 142,000 Germans in East Prussia alone, including 1,819 officers 4 of whom were generals.
AUSTRIAThe 3rd Ukrainian Front's 27th Army is nearing Graz. Inside Vienna, the Parliament building and City Hall are captured by the 4th Guards Army.[MORE]
[ | ]Indian Ocean
Sabang is shelled by the battleships Queen Elizabeth and Richelieu of Adm H.T.C. Walker's British Eastern Fleet. Two escort carriers give air cover and attack installations and shipping at Port Blair and Emmahaven.
[ | ]Italy
In the western sector of the Allied line, the 92nd Div, US 5th Army, takes Carrara. On the eastern flank, where the British 8th Army is operating, the Polish II Corps reaches the Santerno River and begins bridging operations.
[ | ]Okinawa
There is savage fighting in the Motobu peninsula, where the Japanese occupy strong positions. Fighting also continues on Kakazu Ridge. There is a virtual stalemate, though the 1st Marine Div, advancing northward along the east coast, has reached Taira, and units of the 6th Marine Div are even farther north on the west coast. Gen Buckner is undecided whether to persist with the frontal attack on the Shuri line or to try a landing in the rear of it; in the latter case it would be necessary to weaken the forces engaging the line from the north.
.Heavy Japanese kamikaze and bombing attacks damage the battleship Missouri and the carriers Enterprise and Essex, plus 10 other vessels.
Off Okinawa, high-level bombers and kamikaze suicide aircraft launch an attack on the ships of the US Task Force 58, damaging the battleship Missouri (BB-63) and seriously damaging the aircraft carrier Enterprise (CV-6), which has to be withdrawn to Ulithi for repairs. Also damaged are the aircraft carrier Essex (CV-9), destroyers Hale (DD-642), Bullard (DD-660), Kidd (DD-661), and Hank (DD-702), and destroyer escorts Manlove (DE-36) and Samuel S. Miles (DE-183). Ships damaged by friendly fire include the destroyer Trathen (DD-530) and the attack cargo ship Leo (APA-60). The attack transport Berrien (APA-62) is damaged in a collision and the landing craft LST-399 runs aground.
[ | ]Pacific
The British Pacific Fleet attacks airfields in northern Formosa.
[ | ]Philippines
On Luzon there is strong Japanese reaction against the US 32nd Div, I Corps, as it penetrates beyond the Salacsac Pass.
In the XI Corps sector, the 38th Div has almost completed mopping up in the area west of Clark Field; 5,500 Japanese bodies have been counted so far.
Units of the Americal Div land on Bohol.
[ | ]Secret War
The Mittelwerke underground V-2 factory at Nordhausen is captured by the US 3rd Army.
[ | ]Western Front
While the British XXX Corps, 2nd Army, advances on Bremen without difficulty, units of the XII and VIII Corps cross the Leine River near Westen and the Aller River near Celle.
The Leine is also reached by the XIII Corps, US 9th Army, south of Hanover, near Pattensen. In the sector where the XIX Corps is operating, advance guards of the 2nd Arm Div, with a major leap forward, reach the Elbe south of Magdeburg. The XVI Corps advances into the German Ruhr pocket and reaches the Rur River opposite Witten. Units of the XVIII Airborne Corps continue their crossing of the Sieg River. In the VII Corps sector the towns of Nordhausen, Osterode, Tettenborn and Neuhof are taken.
The XX Corps, US 3rd Army, advances into the Weimar sector occupying Coburg, passing the German extermination camp at Buchenwald and Bad Sulza. Survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp were liberated: 5,000 French, 3,500 Poles and Polish Jews, 2,200 Germans, 2,000 Russians, 2,000 Czechs, 2,000 Ukrainians, 600 Yugoslavs, 400 Dutch, 500 Austrians, 200 Italians, 200 Spaniards and 300 of other nationalities.
Farther south, Coburg surrenders to the XII Corps.
The XV Corps, US 7th Army, advances rapidly south of Nuremberg toward Bavaria.
[ | ]Images from April 11, 1945
Playing Baseball on a Carrier |
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Zero Hits Battleship |
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The Buchenwald Gatehouse |
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398th Bomb Group |
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Kamikaze Attack on Enterprise |
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Transport Through Flooded Area |
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B-24 at Poltava |
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2 GI's Near Essen Karnap |
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