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- US 9th Armored Division unexpectedly captured Rhine River bridge and formed a bridgehead on the east side of the river at Remagen, Germany. ww2dbase [Advance to the Rhine | TH]
- USS Rock departed Fremantle, Australia for her sixth war patrol. ww2dbase [Rock | CPC]
- US First Army captured Köln (Cologne), Germany. ww2dbase [Fall of the Ruhr | AC]
- Soviet troops captured Rügenwalde, Germany (now Darlowo, Poland). ww2dbase [East Pomeranian Offensive | CPC]
- Anglo-Indian troops reached Mandalay, Burma. ww2dbase [Battle of Meiktila-Mandalay | Mandalay | CPC]
- In Burma, Allied Y-Force under Sun Liren captured Lashio while Allied X-Force under Daniel Sultant captured Hsipaw. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Wang Guangfu, flying a P-51K fighter, shot down a Ki-44 aircraft over Nanjing, China. ww2dbase [Wang Guangfu | Nanjing | CPC]
- The keel of U-3063 was laid down on Building Ways IV at the Deschimag shipyard in Bremen, Germany. ww2dbase [U-3063 | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG | Bremen, Weser-Ems | CPC]
- Z43 escorted heavy cruisers Admiral Scheer and Lützow from Danzig Bay to Swinemünde, Germany (now Świnoujście, Poland). ww2dbase [Z43 | Lützow | East Pomeranian Offensive | Swinemünde, Pommern | CPC]
- The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against Frankfurt, Germany but equipment troubles caused the group to split and bombed Giessen and Siegen, Germany. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Giessen | DS]
- USS Cod arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Cod | Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- After two-and-a-half weeks of support for the Iwo Jima landings, escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed the aera bound for Leyte in the Philippines. ww2dbase [Steamer Bay | Iwo Jima | DS]
- USS Segundo sank Japanese freighter Shori Maru in the East China Sea, hitting her with 2 of 4 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Segundo | East China Sea | CPC]
- USS Marcus Island completed a 4-day period of training in Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Marcus Island | CPC]
- German V-2 rocket hit Trundleys Road at Folkestone Gardens, London, England, United Kingdom at 0300 hours, killing 52 and seriously injuring 32. Two blocks of homes were destroyed. ww2dbase [Vergeltungswaffe 2 | V-Weapons Campaign | London, England | CPC]
- USS Capitaine departed New London, Connecticut, United States. ww2dbase [Capitaine | New London, Connecticut | CPC]
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