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April 1945
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US 9th Army captures Hanover
Canadian troops cross the Ijssel
British troops capture Wildenhausen
8th Army crosses the Senio
14th Army captures Thazi
Churchill announces that the British Empire and Commonwealth war casualties to date are 1,126,802 in the Armed Forces, 34,151 in the Merchant Navy and 144,542 civilians in Britain
German submarines U-878 sunk with all hands off St. Nazaire
German submarines U-1227 decommissioned at Kiel