On the Western Front... The US 1st Army achieved minor progress in a new offensive 22 miles south of Duren. Allied forces capture Fort Jeanne d'Arc -- the last German stronghold at Metz. The advance of US 7th Army encounters German armored forces and is engaged around Seltz, in Alsace, near the German border.

In Italy... The British 13th Corps (part of US 5th Army) attacks Tossignano. Canadian forces of the British 8th Army have consolidated a bridgehead over the Lamone River, northwest of Russi.

On the Eastern Front... Soviet forces claim to have captured 1700 Germans and Hungarians in the days fighting in Hungary. 

In Liberated Greece... Communist rebels continue their offensive. Fighting is reported in Athens and British reinforcements are engaged against the ELAS forces during the morning.

In the Sulu Sea... The American heavy cruiser Nashville (flagship of the Mindoro invasion fleet) and a destroyer are heavily damaged in Kamikaze attacks. Both ships are part of the US invasion force heading for Mindoro in the Philippines.