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April 27, 1945

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Headlines from April 27, 1945

2 REDOUBTS CRACK; THE AMERICANS CROSSING THE DANUBE RIVER

By Drew Middleton By Wireless To the New York Times

Brit take Bremen; other units reach Badenstedt and strengthen grip on Elbe west bank; 5th Infantry Div joins action; Ger northern dedoubt area threatened; 9th Army reptd trying to expand Elbe bridgehead at Barby; 3d Army troops enter Regensburg and Ingolstadt; other units reach Fuerholz, 8 mi from Austrian border; enter Stadlern and take Eger in Czechoslovakia; Gers fight to check 7th Army advance from Dillingen bridgehead; Amers take Gunzburg, enter Anhausin and Ellerbach; clear Neu Ulm, Iller Tissen and area north of Danube; French reach Sackingen vicinity and Wehr; near Rottum and Alpine redoubt entrances east of Lake Constance; are mopping up Black Forest pocket northeast of Basle

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ODER FLANK TURNED; Baltic Port Area Falls-- Soviet Pincers Closing on German Capital BRUENN ALSO TAKEN More Elbe Points Won Close to U.S. Lines-- Breslau Push Gains

By C.l. Sulzberger By Cable To the New York Times

Rokossovsky forces take Stettin and establish wide Oder bridgehead by taking Gartz, Penkun, Kasekow and Schwedt; Zhukoff forces, aiming toward junction, take Marienwerder, Finowfurt and Finow; take Goerlitzer rail station; Ger repts Russians at Alexanderplatz edge, where battle rages for central police and Gestapo hdqrs; repts battling for Jannowitz station and bridge over Spree River; Russians take Gartenfeld and Siewensstadt dists; other troops take Dahlem; Ger repts Tempelhof airfield partly seized; USSR armor overruns about 210 of Berlin's 314 sq mi; Koneff forces close in on Dresden; elements that captured Riesa advance toward Oschatz and union with US troops in Leipzig-Dessau area; repulse Ger counterattacks near Bautzen; Ger repts Zhukoff forces within 14 1/2 mi of US 9th Army on middle Elbe near Rathenow; stiff st fighting continues, Breslau; 26 blocks of houses, several factory dists and arsenal containing 110 guns captured; maps

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Notable Births

Martin Chivers

1945Martin Chivers, English footballer and manager[†]

Martin Harcourt Chivers is an English retired professional footballer who played as a forward. He began his career with his hometown club Southampton, before being sold to Tottenham Hotspur, but also had a prolific stint with Swiss club Servette. From 1971 to 1973, he played for the England national team, scoring thirteen goals in 24 appearances, but did not represent his country at a major tournament.

Terry Willesee

1945Terry Willesee, Australian journalist and television host[†]

Terence Joseph Willesee is a retired Australian journalist, television and radio presenter.

Historical Events

Lapland War

1945World War II: The last German formations withdraw from Finland to Norway. The Lapland War and thus, World War II in Finland, comes to an end and the Raising the Flag on the Three-Country Cairn photograph is taken.[†]

During World War II, the Lapland War saw fighting between Finland and Nazi Germany – effectively from September to November 1944 – in Finland's northernmost region, Lapland. Though the Finns and the Germans had been fighting together against the Soviet Union since 1941 during the Continuation War (1941–1944), peace negotiations between the Finnish government and the Allies of World War II had been conducted intermittently during 1943–1944, but no agreement had been reached. The Moscow Armistice, signed on 19 September 1944, demanded that Finland break diplomatic ties with Germany and expel or disarm any German soldiers remaining in Finland.

Benito Mussolini

1945World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.[†]

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician and journalist who, upon assuming office as Prime Minister, became the dictator of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his overthrow in 1943. He was also Duce of Italian fascism upon the establishment of the Italian Fasces of Combat in 1919, and held the title until his summary execution in 1945. He founded and led the National Fascist Party (PNF). As a dictator and founder of fascism, Mussolini inspired the international spread of fascism during the interwar period.