29 Mar 1945




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- Soviet troops entered former Czechoslovakian province of Ruthenia. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front captured Fortress Küstrin in Germany. ww2dbase [TH]
- Omar Bradley was promoted to the temporary rank of general. ww2dbase [Omar Bradley | CPC]
- USS Macabi was commissioned into service with Commander Anthony H. Dropp in command. ww2dbase [Macabi | CPC]
- USS Chub spotted a Japanese convoy in the Java Sea and began pursuing the ships, attacked by patrolling aircraft in the process. ww2dbase [Chub | CPC]
- The Japanese called off the attempt to recapture Meiktila, Burma. ww2dbase [Battle of Meiktila-Mandalay | Meiktila | CPC]
- In Germany, US Third Army captured Frankfurt and Wiesbaden and US Seventh Army captured Mannheim. British sappers built another Rhine bridge, "Westminster". ww2dbase [Crossing the Rhine | TH, AC]
- Germany lost its last major source of oil when Soviet units captured the Komorn oil fields in Hungary. ww2dbase [Budapest Strategic Offensive Operation | Komorn | TH]
- Japanese Navy Shinyo special attack boats launched an attack at Okinawa, Japan to no effect. ww2dbase [Shinyo-class | Okinawa | CPC]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) launched two raids and one photographic reconnaissance mission over Kyushu, Japan. A single Yokosuka D4Y ?Judy? dive bomber made a diving attack on Yorktown but missed the carrier by about 60 feet. ww2dbase [Battle of Iwo Jima | Yorktown (Essex-class) | DS]
- US 20th Air Force conducted its final mission over Malaya, striking communications centers, airfields, and rail yards. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Destroyer USS Shaw arrived in Leyte Gulf and anchored in San Pedro Bay. ww2dbase [Shaw | San Pedro Bay, Leyte | DS]
- The 1,370-ton Canadian River-class frigate HMCS Teme (K 458) was torpedoed and fatally damaged by German submarine U-315 just off Land's End, England, United Kingdom. The frigate lost 60 feet of her stern and was towed to Falmouth, Cornwall, England and was declared a total loss. ww2dbase [Conclusion of the Battle of the Atlantic | England | HM]
- Franklin Roosevelt visited Hyde Park, New York, United States and the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library for what would be the last time. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | Hyde Park, New York | CPC]




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