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• USS Tunny departed Ryukyu Islands, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Guitarro arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Sea Robin arrived at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands and took on supplies. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• US First Army was unable to further expand the Remagen bridgehead in Germany due to enemy resistance. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
• Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front began an offensive near Ratibor, Germany (now Racibórz, Poland). ww2dbase [TH]
• Prince Edward, the Duke of Windsor and the former King of the United Kingdom, resigned as the British governor of the Bahamas. This position was succeeded by Sir William Lindsay Murphy. ww2dbase [CPC]
• American warships of Task Force 92 bombarded Japanese installations on Matsuwa, Kurile Islands. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Vice Admiral Kanji Ugaki was named the commanding officer of the Japanese Navy 12th Air Fleet. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Albert Speer wrote a letter to Adolf Hitler in an attempt to dissuade him from destroying German infrastructure. This letter would be presented to Hitler three days later. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Soviet 4th Tank Army launched a main attack against the Germans in Silesia, Germany (now Poland). ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Anglo-Indian troops surrounded Fort Dufferin in Mandalay, Burma. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• China and France began negotiations for the return of the treaty port of Kouang-Tchéou-Wan (Chinese: Guangzhouwan) in southern China. ww2dbase [CPC]

• American bombers dropped 25,000 incendiary bombs and 6,000 high explosive bombs on the German army general staff headquarters at Zossen, Germany. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Landing ship No. 174 was launched. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• I-14 arrived at Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• The Inrin Prisoners of War Camp in central Taiwan was closed. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Two German V-2 rockets fell in the River Thames near the Ford factory in Dagenham, London, England, United Kingdom, causing no injuries. ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | CPC]

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