24 Apr 1945




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- USS Cod unsuccessfully attacked a Japanese convoy and was subjected to a heavy depth charge barrage. ww2dbase [Cod | CPC]
- Canadian First and British Second Armies entered Bremen, Germany. ww2dbase [TH]
- The United Kingdom abolished black-out with the exception of certain coastal areas. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Charr departed the naval base at Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Charr | CPC]
- Tranquility was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Tranquility | CPC]
- The American destroyer escort USS Frederick C. Davis was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-546 off the Atlantic coast. ww2dbase [AC]
- USS Parche attacked a Japanese transport east of Kamaichi, Japan; all 3 torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Parche | CPC]
- One of the ships in USS Bogue’s mid-Atlantic scouting line of destroyer escorts, USS Frederick C. Davis, was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-546 with a GNAT acoustic torpedo. 126 men were lost and 66 were rescued. Surrounded by destroyer escorts, U-546 was attacked, forced to the surface, and sunk by gunfire. 26 were lost and 33 were rescued, including the submarine's commander Kapitänleutnant Paul Just. ww2dbase [G7es Type V | Bogue | Conclusion of the Battle of the Atlantic | DS]
- Indian 5th Division captured Toungoo, Burma and advanced further to Penwegu. ww2dbase [Battle of Rangoon | Toungoo | CPC]
- The final 50 troops of the all-female Rani of the Jhansi Regiment loyal to Indian nationalist and Japanese collaborator Subhas Chandra Bose withdrew from their base in Rangoon, Burma for Bangkok, Thailand. Two women were killed by a British advance patrol. ww2dbase [Battle of Rangoon | Rangoon | CPC]
- USS Portland entered Ulithi Lagoon for ten days of repairs and replenishment. ww2dbase [Portland | Ulithi | DS]
- Dachau Concentration Camp in southern Germany was evacuated. Between 6,000 and 7,000 prisoners embarked on a death march southward to Eurasburg, where they would turn east toward the Tegernsee. Thousands of them would die of exhaustion, hunger, exposure, and execution during the six-day march. ww2dbase [Dachau Concentration Camp | Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Dachau, München-Oberbayern | CPC]
- US Seventh Army crossed the Danube River to capture Ulm, Germany. Also in southern Germany, US 3rd Army reached the Danube River. ww2dbase [Southern Germany Campaign | Ulm, Württemberg-Hohenzollern | TH, CPC]
- US Fifth Army drove through Mantua on its way north along the Italian coast while British Eighth Army attacked across the Po River and captured Parma. The two columns made contact as British 6th Armoured Division linked up with US 10th Mountain Division. ww2dbase [Operation Grapeshot and Operation Roast | TH, CPC]
- The final mission involving Italian motor torpedo boats against Allied targets was launched, involving four boats. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Light carrier Ryuho was attacked by US aircraft at Etajima near Kure, Japan, receiving no damage. ww2dbase [Ryuho | Etajima, Hiroshima | CPC]
- USS Shangri-La was assigned to US Navy Task Group 58.4. ww2dbase [Shangri-La | CPC]
- A-20 aircraft of USAAF 3rd Bombardment Group attacked the Nansei sugar plant at Kagi (now Chiayi), Taiwan at noon, escorted by 12 P-38 fighters, causing damage. ww2dbase [Kagi, Tainan | CPC]
- USS California departed Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. ww2dbase [Puget Sound Navy Yard | California | Bremerton, Washington | DS]




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