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von Rundstedt reptd pouring fresh troops into Saar and northern Alsace; Allied planes hit Ger transport targets on US 7th Army front as Amers take Haguenau and repel 2 attacks in Hatten; map
Byrnes asks Hershey to apply priority system to induction of indus workers aged 26-29; AFL, Socialist party exec com reprs and LaGuardia testify on May-Bailey bill, House com; Sen Mead opposes legis
Mrs Roosevelt on White House under heat curb
planes attack Truk
US troops, advancing from Mangatarem and Bayambang, reach Camiling, Tarlac Prov, Luzon; other us forces take Catablan; move toward Urdaneta; encounter strong Jap resistance along Pozorrubio-Rosario rd; US planes continue Luzon attacks; Jap withdrawal from Manila to northern mt region indicated; Japanese admit US gains; map
1945Wim Suurbier, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2020)[â ]
Wilhelmus Lourens Johannes Suurbier was a Dutch professional footballer and among others assistant coach of the Albania national team. He played as a right back and was part of the Netherlands national team and AFC Ajax teams of the 1970s.
1945World War II: Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called FĂźhrerbunker.[â ]
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.