20 Feb 1945




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- German Armeegruppe Kurland suffered heavy Soviet attacks in Lithuania, but was able to resist. ww2dbase [TH]
- HMS Vervain (Lieutenant Commander R. A. Howell) was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-1276 off the coast of Ireland. ww2dbase [Conclusion of the Battle of the Atlantic | AC]
- HMS Activity arrived in Colombo, Ceylon. ww2dbase [Activity | CPC]
- USS Hawkbill attacked a Japanese convoy, sinking cargo ship Daizen Maru. ww2dbase [Hawkbill | CPC]
- George Patton wrote to Omar Bradley, urging Bradley to convince Dwight Eisenhower to allow Bradley's army group to attack aggressively toward the Rhine River. ww2dbase [Advance to the Rhine | CPC]
- Du Yuming was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. ww2dbase [Du Yuming | CPC]
- Kamikaze rescued survivors of torpedoed destroyer Nokaze off Annam, French Indochina. ww2dbase [Kamikaze | Annam | CPC]
- USS Parche arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Parche | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: The first major contingent of WAVES arrived this date. Air Group 33 departed. Air Group 5 arrived on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- US and Brazilian troops of US 5th Army launched Operation Encore against German positions at Monte Castello and Monte Della Torraca 61 kilometers southwest of Bologna, Italy. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Castello | Monte Castello, Emilia-Romagna | CPC]
- Unryu was struck from the Japanese Navy list. ww2dbase [Unryu | CPC]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) launched 3 days of support missions over Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands. ww2dbase [Battle of Iwo Jima | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands | DS]
- Landing ship No. 121 was completed and was transferred to the Japanese Army. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
- USS Pintado was detected by a Japanese aircraft in the South China Sea, which damaged her with depth charges. ww2dbase [Pintado | South China Sea | CPC]
- USS Sunfish collided with a piece of ice floe, bending both of her periscopes. She set sail for Guam, Mariana Islands to receive repairs. ww2dbase [Sunfish (Gato-class) | CPC]
- Destroyer USS Shaw departed San Pedro Bay, Leyte as part of a convoy bound for the Nasugbu, Luzon area. ww2dbase [Invasion of Poland | Shaw | San Pedro Bay, Leyte | DS]
- German V-2 rocket hit a factory Ilford, London, England, United Kingdom, killing 7 and injuring 94. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | Vergeltungswaffe 2 | London, England | CPC]




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