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• After breaking through near Stargard, Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front heads toward Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland). ww2dbase [TH]
• German troops encircled the spearhead of Soviet 3rd Guards Tank Army in Silesia, Germany (now Poland) during Operation Gemse. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Rifleman Bhanbhagta Gurung won the Victoria Cross for advancing alone to clear Japanese positions near Mandalay, Burma ahead of General Slim's British 14th Army. ww2dbase [AC]

• USS Hancock arrived at Ulithi, Caroline Islands; Air Group 6 relieved Air Group 80. ww2dbase [Main Article | DS]
• USS Wasp arrived at Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Soviet and Polish troops attacked Kolberg, Germany (now Kolobrzeg, Poland). ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Single day maximum of arrested landings (69). ww2dbase [Main Article | DS]

• 159 American B-29 bombers attacked the urban areas of Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Baya fired six torpedoes at a Japanese convoy in the South China Sea, hitting a transport and an oil with 2 torpedoes each and sinking both. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Marcus Island began a 4-day period of training in Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Allied bombers attacked Basel and Zürich by mistake. ww2dbase [CPC]

• The United States adopted a policy of carpet bombing Japanese cities as opposed to precision strikes. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]

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