{"id":88560,"date":"2024-04-21T04:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=88560"},"modified":"2024-04-20T17:12:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T21:12:31","slug":"300000-germans-surrender-in-the-ruhr-ww2-week-295-april-20-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/04\/21\/300000-germans-surrender-in-the-ruhr-ww2-week-295-april-20-1945\/","title":{"rendered":"300,000 Germans Surrender in the Ruhr &#8211; WW2 &#8211; Week 295 &#8211; April 20, 1945"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GezGG9YeIis?si=luFOs3Pdt4ZmToGG\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 20 Apr 2024<\/p>\n<p>The Soviet drive on Berlin continues, but it is now very much a race between the forces of Georgy Zhukov and those of Ivan Konev. In the west, over 300,000 Germans surrender to the Allies as the Ruhr Pocket is eliminated, though there are advances by all Allied armies this week on the whole Western Front. There is even an Allied breakthrough in Italy, though on Okinawa American attacks get nowhere. 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