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• The Germans began evacuating civilians from Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland). ww2dbase [Silesian Offensive and the Siege of Breslau | CPC]

• Allied aircraft attacked Japanese positions at Monywa, Burma while the Indian 20th Division assaulted the port city on the Chindwin River. Meanwhile, Indian 4th Corps began its secret march southward for Meiktila, Burma. ww2dbase [Battle of Meiktila-Mandalay | Monywa | CPC]

• The envelope, rigging, & some apparatus from a Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb were found near Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada. The balloon was estimated to have landed at least a day earlier. ww2dbase [Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories | DS]
• The envelope, rigging, & some apparatus from a Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb were found near Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada. The balloon was estimated to have landed at least a day earlier. ww2dbase [Fu-Go | Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories | DS]

• Richard Bienert was named the prime minister of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. ww2dbase [Prague | CPC]

• Adolf Hitler ordered that any attacks or retreats by divisions or larger units must be approved by him beforehand. ww2dbase [Adolf Hitler | TH]
• Alexander Löhr was mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht daily radio report. ww2dbase [Alexander Löhr | CPC]
• Maximilian von Weichs was mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht daily radio report. ww2dbase [Maximilian von Weichs | CPC]
• Violette Szabo was transferred from a punishment camp at Königsburg, Germany to Ravensbrück concentration camp. ww2dbase [Ravensbrück Concentration Camp | Violette Szabo | Ravensbrück, Mark Brandenburg | CPC]

• USS Parche attacked two Japanese ships east of Taiwan, damaging a tanker and a freighter with 1 torpedo each; 10 torpedoes were expended during this attack. ww2dbase [Parche | CPC]
• USS Spot sank a Japanese cargo ship and a tanker in the Yellow Sea, hitting them with 3 of 13 torpdoes fired. ww2dbase [Spot | Yellow Sea | CPC]

• Red Army captured Kraków and Łódź, Poland and entered Ostpreußen (East Prussia), Germany from the south. ww2dbase [Vistula-Oder Offensive | Łódź | TH]

• German V-2 rocket hit Town Quay, Barking, London, England, United Kingdom at 2300 hours. ww2dbase [Vergeltungswaffe 2 | V-Weapons Campaign | London, England | CPC]

19 Jan 1945 Interactive Map