Western Front
Montgomery’s 4 bridgeÂheads over the Rhine merge into 48Â-km-wide salient. 3rd US Army captures Darmstadt and Hanau.
Russian Front
Hungary: Malinovsky breaks through west of Budapest, crossing river Hron and capturing Esztergom.
Air War
Pacific: 5th USAAF B-24 Liberator bombers destroy hydro-electric power station on Formosa. First Kamikaze attack on US warships near Okinawa.
Germany: 8th USAAF B-24 Liberator bombers attacking underground oil stores at Hamburg.
606 RAF bombers attacking Hanover, Münster and Osnabrück.
Home Fronts
Japan: Imperial GHQ initiates Operation Tengo for defense of Okinawa and Kyushu. Vice-Admiral Ugaki commands Kamikaze force ‘5th Air Fleet’.