29 Jan 1945 | World War II Database

29 Jan 1945

Allied troops captured Oberhausen, Germany in the Rhine river basin. ww2dbase [Advance to the Rhine | TH]
Adolf Hitler met with Vidkun Quisling for the last time. ww2dbase [Vidkun Quisling | TH]
Aircraft from HMS Indomitable struck Palembang, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Indomitable | CPC]
USS Charr anchored one mile off the Indochina coast for four hours during daylight while a team was dispatched ashore to rescue a downed airman. ww2dbase [Charr | CPC]
American troops landed near San Antonio, Luzon, Philippine Islands unopposed. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 2 | CPC]
USS Sea Robin arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Sea Robin | CPC]
HMS Activity departed Britain with convoy KM 39. ww2dbase [Activity | CPC]
USS Pompon's conning tower hatch failed during the morning trim dive, causing flooding in the tower, control room, and pump room. She ended her war patrol early. ww2dbase [Pompon | CPC]
The last WW2 P-40 fighter victory against a Japanese aircraft was recorded. ww2dbase [P-40 Warhawk | CPC]

Baltic Sea

Fleet escort ship F5 struck a mine in western Baltic Sea and suffered heavy damage; while being towed toward Swinemünde, Germany (now Swinoujscie, Poland), she collided with a wreck and sank. ww2dbase [F5 | CPC]

Burma

An Allied convoy originally from Ledo, India crossed the Burmese-Chinese border. It was the first convoy across this supply route since Apr 1942. ww2dbase [CPC]

Danzig

The construction of U-3538, U-3539, U-3540, U-3541, and U-3542 was suspended at the F. Schichau shipyard in Danzig. ww2dbase [U-3541 | U-3540 | U-3539 | U-3538 | F. Schichau Danzig | U-3542 | CPC]

Germany

The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against Koblenz, Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | RAF Thurleigh | Koblenz | DS]

Hawaii

USS Permit departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Permit | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]

Japan

19 American B-24 bombers based in Guam, Mariana Islands attacked Iwo Jima, Japan. ww2dbase [Battle of Iwo Jima | Iwo Jima | CPC]
Japanese Navy landing ship No. 188 was completed and was transferred to the Army as a SB craft. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]

Malta

Winston Churchill arrived at RAF Luqa on Malta. ww2dbase [Malta Conference | RAF Luqa | Luqa | CPC]

Pacific Ocean

USS Bergall attacked a Japanese patrol vessel in the South China Sea; the torpedo missed. ww2dbase [Bergall | South China Sea | CPC]

Philippines

USS Marcus Island provided air support during the unopposed US landing at Zambales Province on the island of Luzon in the Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Marcus Island | Zambales | CPC]
Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay and her task group arrived on station west of Manila Bay, Luzon and began providing air cover for landings north of Subic Bay. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 2 | Steamer Bay | DS]
Destroyer USS Saufley and cutter USCGC Ingham departed Leyte Gulf, Leyte, Philippines bound for Luzon, Philippines. ww2dbase [Saufley | Leyte Gulf, Leyte | DS]