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• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | CPC]
• The German garrison at Le Havre, France surrendered only after bitter fighting. ww2dbase [TH]
• German garrisons evacuated Greek islands in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. ww2dbase [TH]
• USS Pollack arrived at Brisbane, Australia, ending her eleventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Pollack | CPC]
• The US coastal minesweeper YMS-409 foundered and sank off the east coast of the United States during a storm. ww2dbase [AC]
• Edward Brooks was relieved as the commanding officer of the US 2nd Armored Division and was placed in charge on a temporary basis over the US V Corps. ww2dbase [Edward Brooks | CPC]
• Captain Charles N. Day was made the commanding officer of USS Proteus, replacing Captain Robert Berry. ww2dbase [Proteus | CPC]

• USS Marcus Island launched aircraft against Japanese positions on Peleliu and Angaur in the Palau Islands. ww2dbase [Marcus Island | CPC]
• USS Portland and Cruiser Division 4 begin pre-invasion bombardment of Peleliu in the Palau Islands. Bombardments continued for 3 days until the US 1st Marine Division landed on the island. ww2dbase [Palau Islands and Ulithi Islands Campaigns | Portland | DS]

• Two separate groups of the 5th Fighter Group of the Chinese-American Composite Wing engaged Japanese aircraft over Hunan Province, China. Several fighters on either side were lost. ww2dbase [CPC]

• The filming of a propaganda motion picture at Theresienstadt Concentration Camp in occupied Czechoslovakia ended. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Theresienstadt Concentration Camp | CPC]

• Carl Spaatz ordered large raids on German synthetic oil plants, dispatching 888 aircraft; the German Luftwaffe lost heavily in air battles. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | AC]
• Yolande Beekman was transferred out of her prison in Karlsruhe, Germany. ww2dbase [Yolande Beekman | CPC]
• Yolande Beekman arrived at Dauchau Concentration Camp in southern Germany. ww2dbase [Dachau Concentration Camp | Yolande Beekman | CPC]

• In the Apennine Mountains, US 5th Army launched a major offensive against the German Gothic Line in Italy. To the east, Canadian 5th Armoured Division and British 1st Armoured Division attacked Coriano, Italy. ww2dbase [Gothic Line Offensive | CPC]

• USS Alabama escorted US carriers as carrier aircraft began attacking Japanese positions in the Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Alabama | CPC]
• USS Miami operated off the Philippine Islands in indirect support of the Palau Islands campaign. ww2dbase [Miami | CPC]

• USS Wasp's aircraft attacked Japanese positions in central Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Wasp (Essex-class) | CPC]
• Kamoi arrived at Boayan, Palawan, Philippine Islands at 1840 hours. ww2dbase [Kamoi | CPC]

• German and Hungarian troops launched an offensive towards Arad and Timisoara, Romania. ww2dbase [Budapest Strategic Offensive Operation | TH]
• Soviet Marshal Rodion Malinovsky signed an armistice agreement with his Romanian counterparts. ww2dbase [Jassy-Kishinev Offensive and Romania's Surrender | TH, AC]

• Semyon Timoshenko was awarded the Order of Suvorov 1st Class for the second time. ww2dbase [Semyon Timoshenko | CPC]

• One of the four German V-2 rockets launched on this date hit Chrysler vehicle works in Mortlake Road, Kew, southwestern London, England, United Kingdom. 8 were killed, 14 were wounded, and property damage was significant. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | Vergeltungswaffe 2 | CPC]

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