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• German troops on Walcheren Island, the Netherlands surrendered. Nearby, German troops withdrew from the Moerdijk bridgehead in the Netherlands across the Meuse River. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
• Horst Böhme was promoted to the rank of SS-Oberführer. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Destroyer Yukikaze departed Brunei to escort a task force into the Sulu Sea. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Allied troops crossed the Montone River in Italy. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Kamoi departed Shimizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan at 0546 hours, escorted by auxiliary submarine chaser Toshi Maru No. 3, auxiliary minesweeper Hagoromo Maru, and auxiliary minesweeper Seki Maru No. 3; they would arrived at Yokosuka at 1615 hours. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• USS Ticonderoga set sail for Guam, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | DS]

• The Inrin Temporary Prisoners of War Camp and the Toroku Prisoners of War Camp, both in central Taiwan, were opened; Inrin was established at the site of a former school. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Allied convoy RA-61 arrived at Loch Ewe, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• 25 Squadron RAF had success during the night over the North Sea. Mosquito aircraft MV521 crewed by Flight Lieutenants Jim Lomas and Norman Fleet shot down a Heinkel bomber off the coast near Clacton, Essex, England, United Kingdom. A V-1, damaged by a fighter, crashed at Brentwood in Essex, killing 3 and injuring 10 in Mount Crescent. ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | HM]

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