This Day in History: 1945-04-01

The 1st edition of Indonesia Merdeka published.  Canadian troops free Doetinchem, Enschede, Borculo & Eibergen, Netherlands.  Ruhrgebied (Ruhr), Germany sealed off by U.S. 1st & 9th Armies.  U.S. forces launched the amphibious invasion of Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. forces succeeded in capturing the Japanese island on June 22nd.)