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- USS Sea Cat claimed sinking of a 2,000-ton Japanese ship; the credit was removed after the war. ww2dbase [Sea Cat | CPC]
- US Third Army reached the Rhine River near Koblenz, Germany, while US First Army captured Köln. ww2dbase [Advance to the Rhine | TH]
- USS Franklin crossed the International Date Line. ww2dbase [Franklin | CPC]
- ShCh-307 and her crew received the Red Banner Award, and the commanding officer, M. S. Kainin, received the honorable rank of the Hero of the Soviet Union. ww2dbase [ShCh-307 | CPC]
- Communist-dominated government under Petru Groza assumed power in Romania. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Puffer fired 3 torpedoes at a Japanese submarine off Taiwan; all 3 torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Puffer | CPC]
- Operation Gen No. 2 was canceled by the Japanese; it was a new campaign against the American fleet using Kaiten special attack submarines. ww2dbase [Kaiten-class | CPC]
- Major-General Hellmuth Reymann, on Adolf Hitler's direct orders, became the military commander of Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [Helmuth Reymann | Berlin | AC]
- USS Hackleback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Hackleback | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]
- German 2.Panzerarmee and 6.SS-Panzerarmee launched a counterattack toward Budapest, Hungary to relieve the city and to destroy the Hungarian oil supplies nearby to prevent Soviet use. ww2dbase [Budapest Strategic Offensive Operation | Budapest | TH]
- 28 American P-51 Mustang and 12 P-61 Black Widow aircraft landed on Iwo Jima, Japan. ww2dbase [Battle of Iwo Jima | Iwo Jima | CPC]
- USS Segundo fired 4 torpedoes at a small Japanese ship in the East China Sea off Korea; all torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Segundo | East China Sea | CPC]
- Destroyer USS Shaw arrived in Leyte Gulf and anchored in San Pedro Bay. ww2dbase [Shaw | San Pedro Bay, Leyte | DS]
- US fighters based in the Philippine Islands conducted a fighter sweep mission over Koshun Airfield, Takao Prefecture, Taiwan. ww2dbase [Koshun Airfield | Koshun, Takao | CPC]
- A German V-2 rocket hit Raveningham 13 miles southeast of Norwich, England, United Kingdom, causing little harm. It was the last rocket to hit the Norwich area in the war. ww2dbase [Vergeltungswaffe 2 | V-Weapons Campaign | Raveningham, England | CPC]




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