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• Field Marshall Montgomery was designated as commander of British occupation troops, as well as a British member of the Allied Control Commission in Germany. ww2dbase [Bernard Montgomery | TH]
• The British Government announced further reductions in rations. Bacon was reduced to three ounces per person per week, cooking fat to one ounce and meat to 106-lb per person per year, and the soap ration was also reduced for all but babies and young children. ww2dbase [AC]
• Torrential rain reduced mobility of US armoured forces on Okinawa, Japan and gave the Japanese defenders a temporary respite. ww2dbase [Okinawa Campaign | AC]
• USS Becuna departed for her fourth war patrol on lifeguard station for carrier air crews. ww2dbase [Becuna | CPC]
• Viktor Abakumov complained to Lavrentiy Beria of NKVD official Ivan Serov's interference with the SMERSH investigation of Adolf Hitler's final days. ww2dbase [Viktor Abakumov | CPC]
• Lavrentiy Beria received a report from Soviet NKVD official Ivan Serov regarding Adolf Hitler's final days. ww2dbase [Lavrentiy Beria | CPC]

• USS Ticonderoga arrived at Ulithi, Caroline Islands and joined Task Group 58.4. ww2dbase [Ticonderoga | Ulithi | DS]

• Landing ship No. 173 was sunk by US aircraft in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | Okinawa | CPC]

• Soviet SMERSH captured German SS Lieutenant General Bruno Streckenbach in Latvia. He would remain imprisoned in Russia until Oct 1955. ww2dbase [CPC]

• US Far East Air Force B-25 bombers attacked an oil plant west of Kagi (now Chiayi), Taiwan. ww2dbase [Kagi, Tainan | CPC]

• USS Marcus Island arrived at San Diego, California, United States. ww2dbase [Marcus Island | San Diego, California | CPC]
• USS Saratoga departed Puget Sound Naval Shipyard after repairs. ww2dbase [Puget Sound Navy Yard | Saratoga | Bremerton, Washington | DS]

22 May 1945 Interactive Map