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• US First Army was unable to further expand the Remagen bridgehead in Germany due to enemy resistance. ww2dbase [Advance to the Rhine | 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]
• USS Tunny departed Ryukyu Islands, Japan. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
• American warships of Task Force 92 bombarded Japanese installations on Matsuwa, Kurile Islands. ww2dbase [CPC]
• USS Sea Robin arrived at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands and took on supplies. ww2dbase [Sea Robin | CPC]
• Vice Admiral Kanji Ugaki was named the commanding officer of the Japanese Navy 12th Air Fleet. ww2dbase [CPC]
• USS Guitarro arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Guitarro | 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 [Albert Speer | CPC]
• Soviet 4th Tank Army launched a main attack against the Germans in Silesia, Germany (now Poland). ww2dbase [Silesian Offensive and the Siege of Breslau | CPC]
• USS Bailey departed Mindoro escorting a resupply convoy to Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]

• Anglo-Indian troops surrounded Fort Dufferin in Mandalay, Burma. ww2dbase [Battle of Meiktila-Mandalay | Mandalay | CPC]

• China and France began negotiations for the return of the treaty port of Kouang-Tchéou-Wan (Chinese: Guangzhouwan) in southern China. ww2dbase [Kouang-Tchéou-Wan | 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 [Zossen | Wünsdorf, Mark Brandenburg | CPC]
• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against a military headquarters complex at Zossen, Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | RAF Thurleigh | Zossen | DS]

• Landing ship No. 174 was launched. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
• I-14 arrived at Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [I-14 | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]

• USS Hoe discovered a small sinking Chinese sailboat near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. She came alongside and picked up six crew members of the boat. ww2dbase [Hoe | South China Sea | CPC]

• Togo arrived at Hel, Poland. ww2dbase [East Pomeranian Offensive | Togo / Coronel | Hel, Pomorskie | 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 [Vergeltungswaffe 2 | V-Weapons Campaign | London, England | CPC]

• Escort carrier USS Bogue departed Norfolk bound for Quonset Point, Rhode Island. ww2dbase [Bogue | Norfolk Navy Yard | Norfolk, Virginia | DS]

15 Mar 1945 Interactive Map