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In Br Eighth Army’s 13 Corps area, 6th Armd
Div crosses the Adige and drives to Monselice. NZ
2d Div column moves through Monselice to Padua
during night 28–29 and finds partisans in possession
of the town. 5 Corps attacks toward Venice with
56th Div.
BURMA—In ALFSEA’s 15 Corps area, 82d W
African Div occupies Taungup, which patrols had
found clear of enemy in mid-April, completing reconquest
of Arakan coast. In Br Fourteenth Army’s
33 Corps area, Allanmyo, on road to Prome, falls to
Ind 20th Div.
LUZON—In U.S. Sixth Army’s I Corps area,
37th and 33d Divs prepare to clear northward from
Baguio. In effort to exploit toward Balete Pass from
Lone Tree Hill, 25th Div attaches 3d Bn of 35th
Inf to 27th Inf. 3d Bn, 27th Inf, when relieved on
Mt Myoko by 3d Bn, 35th, is to move to Lone Tree
Hill sector. Co A, 35th Inf, overtakes Co F on ridge
1,300 yards NNE of Kapintalan and starts NE to
establish contact with 27th Inf but is soon pinned
down. 3d Bn, 27th Inf, gets to within 40 yards of
crest of Myoko hill mass. XI Corps is directed to
regroup for drive on Ipo Dam. In XIV Corps area,
Japanese resistance in Cituinan hill mass collapses,
concluding organized resistance in the Bicols. 11th
A/B Div continues attack in Mt Mataasna Bundoc
area with 511th Inf on S and 8th Cav and 188th
Inf on N. Some progress is made, but gap of 2
miles exists between N and S forces.
S PHILIPPINES—In U.S. Eighth Army’s X Corps
area, 2d Bn of 34th Inf, 24th Div, seizes Digos,
cutting Mindanao in two. 19th Inf attacks N through
34th toward Davao. 2d Bn of 124th Inf, 31st Div,
gains over 4 miles along Sayre Highway, reaching
positions beyond Atoman. On Negros, 2d Bn of
164th Inf in Negros Oriental continues to clear
heights near Palimpinon while 1st Bn moves to
Luzuriaga to drive W in region S of 2d Bn. Contact
with enemy is light. In Negros Occidental, 2d Bn
of 185th Inf returns to parent unit after assisting
10th Inf in attack on Hill 3155, on slopes of which
Japanese are still clinging. Guerrillas replace 2d Bn
in this sector. Ground attack on Hill 3155 is suspended
for some days while patrols develop enemy
positions and fire softens them.
R YUKYU Is.—In U.S. Tenth Army’s XXIV
Corps area, lively fighting continues in Yafusu area
of Okinawa on 27th Div front. Japanese hold Maeda
Escarpment against 96th Div attacks. Co K, 381st
Inf, moves through 27th Div zone toward strongpoint,
called Apartment House, S of the escarpment
but is forced back with heavy losses. In 7th Div
zone, 3d Bn of 17th Inf replaces 1st Bn W of Kochi
Ridge and attempts unsuccessfully to outflank enemy
positions. 32d Inf attacks toward Kuhazu but is
stopped short by heavy fire. Armored flame throwers
push into the village, however.
29 April
[ 29 APRIL 1945 ]
WESTERN EUROPE—21 Army Group: In Br Second
Army area, 30 Corps, with task of clearing
Cuxhaven peninsula, takes command of Gds Armd
Div. 8 Corps opens final drive of army, from the
Elbe to the Baltic, at 0200 when 15th Div, reinf by
Cdn 1st Brig, crosses the Elbe in Lauenburg area
and establishes bridgehead. In U.S. XVIII Corps
(A/B) area, 505th Para Inf, the first of 82d A/B
Div forces to reach the Elbe, and attached 13th Inf
of 8th Div relieve Br 5th Div along the Elbe.
12th Army Group: In U.S. Ninth Army’s XIX
Corps area, 125th Sq of 113th Cav Gp moves E of
the Elbe to Zerbst and reconnoiters in effort to
establish contact with Soviet forces.
In U.S. First Army area, VII Corps maintains
current positions, patrols, and regroups. 9th Div
shifts right to relieve 415th Inf, 104th Div, along
the Mulde. CCA and CCR, 9th Armd Div, start
to assembly area in vicinity of Jena. V Corps starts
S to new zone. In VIII Corps area, 1st Div completes
relief of 97th Div on left flank of XII Corps
and takes responsibility for its sector.
U.S. Third Army releases 5th Div to XII Corps.
In XII Corps area, CCB of 11th Armd Div attacks
SW toward Passau to clear 26th Div zone E of Ilz R
and N of the Danube, reaching Hutthurm. Continuing
SE along the Danube, 26th Div reaches general
line Spitzendorf-Otterskirchen and makes contact
with 11th Armd Div. 80th Div TF, driving from Neukirchen,
finds Nyrsko undefended. 2d Cav Gp
( — ) moves to Zwiesel to secure pass NE of Regen
and screen along Czechoslovakian border. In XX
Corps area, 13th Armd Div doses along the Isar
and establishes bridgehead. CCB, assisted by arty
fire and smoke screen, crosses 2 cos at Platting, where
engineers begin construction of bridge. CCR, in
center, drives to the Isar in Landau area. On right
flank of div, CCA reaches the Isar at Landshut.
Preparations are made to cross the entire div over
bridge at Platting. 80th Div completes its crossing
of the Danube. RCT’s 318 and 319 follow 13th
Armd Div by motor. RCT 317 assembles in vicinity
of Koefering. 71st Div advances rapidly toward the
Isar against light resistance and is ordered to seize
Isar crossings in vicinity of Hanau and Zeholfing.
43d Sq, 3d Cav Gp, moves forward to protect right
flank of corps from the Danube to the Isar. In III
Corps area, 14th Cav Gp crosses the Danube in 99th
Div zone and heads for the Isar. 99th Div advances
to the Isar against little or no resistance, securing
line Pfettrach–Bruckberg–Moosburg. CCA, 14th
Armd Div, reaches the Isar at Moosburg and pre-