In Budapest... Admiral Horthy, the prime minister and regent, asks for an armistice with the USSR in a radio broadcast.

In Finland... The Soviet 14th Army occupies Petsamo in the far north.

On the Eastern Front... In Latvia, Soviet forces of 2nd and 3rd Baltic Fronts capture Riga.

On the Western Front... Forces of Canadian 1st Army (British 21st Army Group) continue the battle for the Scheldt estuary. Around Aachen, elements of US 5th Army (part of US 12th Army Group) continue efforts to capture the city. To the south, the US 6th Corps, part of US 7th Army (part of US 12th Army Group), begins an offensive to the west of Epinal.

In Italy... In the west, elements of US 5th Army gain ground near Livergnano and Grizzana. In the east, forces of British 8th Army also make progress. The Polish 2nd Division (part of Polish 2nd Corps) captures Gambettola.

In the Philippines... US Task Group 38.4 conducts air strikes on targets north of Manila, on Luzon.