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• USS Croaker arrived at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Tunny passed through the Korea Strait. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Field Marshal Montgomery and General Eisenhower were awarded the Order of Victory, the Soviet Union's highest award. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
• 473 American B-29 bombers destroyed 11 square kilometers of urban areas at Kobe, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Brazil declared war on Japan. ww2dbase [CPC]
• More than 30 American ships were damaged by a typhoon near Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Kamikaze arrived at Batavia, Java, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• The Supreme Commanders of the four occupying powers in Germany signed the Berlin Declaration which formally abolished any German government over the nation. Germany was divided into four zones, each ruled by an occupational government. ww2dbase [TH, AC]

• USS Alabama suffered minor damage from a typhoon. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Seletar, Singapore. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

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