14 Feb 1945




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- Cruiser Köln arrived at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. ww2dbase [Köln | CPC]
- British and Canadian troops reached the Rhine River northwest of Duisberg, Germany. ww2dbase [Advance to the Rhine | TH]
- German Panzerkorps "Großdeutschland" and German 24th Panzer Corps counterattacked near Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), seeing some success against Soviet 4th Tank Army, but the Germans were unable halt the larger Soviet attempt to surround the city. Nearby, Soviet troops captured Groß-Rosen Concentration Camp in Groß-Rosen, Germany (now Rogoznica, Poland). ww2dbase [Silesian Offensive and the Siege of Breslau | TH, CPC]
- USS Mingo arrived at Fremantle, Australia for repairs, pausing her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Mingo | CPC]
- USS Tunny arrived at Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, Mariana Islands and was moored to submarine tender Fulton for repairs. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
- The US coastal minesweeper YMS-48 was sunk by the USS Fletcher north of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, after being damaged by Japanese shore batteries. ww2dbase [AC]
- Oberstleutnant Heinz Bär was appointed as Geschwaderkommodore of III/EJG 2, the Luftwaffe unit tasked with the operational training of pilots for the Messerschmitt Me 262 Jet fighter. ww2dbase [Me 262 Schwalbe | AC]
- USS Wake Island set sail for Iwo Jima, Japan. ww2dbase [Wake Island | CPC]
- USS Hawkbill sank two Japanese submarine chasers. ww2dbase [Hawkbill | CPC]
- USS Sennet damaged a Japanese patrol boat with her deck gun south of Japan. ww2dbase [Sennet | CPC]
- USS Marcus Island disembarked US Navy squadron VC-21 and embarked squadron VC-87. ww2dbase [Marcus Island | CPC]
- Kamikaze made rendezvous with ships of Operation Kita, which brought warships and resources from Singapore to Japan. ww2dbase [Kamikaze | CPC]
- Ba 349 prototype aircraft M8 flew as a glider with Hans Zübert in the cockpit. ww2dbase [Ba 349 Natter | CPC]
- Martial law ended in Greece. ww2dbase [AC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Air Group 85 arrived on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- Kiyoshi Ito saw combat against US carrier aircraft over central Japan. ww2dbase [Kiyoshi Ito | CPC]
- USS Haddock fired an acoustic seeking torpedo at a small patrol craft south of Japan; the torpedo missed. ww2dbase [Haddock | CPC]
- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Singapore. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Singapore | CPC]
- German V-2 rocket hit the Chelmsford-to-London Road near the village of Mountnessing in Essex, England, United Kingdom at 1700 hours. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | Vergeltungswaffe 2 | London, England | CPC]
- German V-2 rocket hit Wormholt Road in Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom about 1 mile west of Sheperds Bush at 2200 hours, killing 29 and injuring 41. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | Vergeltungswaffe 2 | London, England | CPC]




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