April 16th, 1945
The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager (high security) Prisoner of War camp Oflag IV-C (better known as Colditz Castle). event on April 16, 1945. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around April 16, 1945
April 17th, 1945 | Event | In Stassfurt, Germany, United States Lieutenant Colonel Boris T. Pash seizes half a ton of uranium, in an attempt to foil Soviet Union plans to build an atomic bomb. |
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