The North Nova Scotia Highlanders (Canadian) battle toward Zutphen under heavy fire in northeast Holland

On the Western Front... The British 2nd Army continues its advance north of the Ruhr River. Munster is taken. The Canadian 1st Army also begins to move north and east from between Nijmegen and Emmerich.

On the Eastern Front... In southeast Hungary, Magykanizsa falls to the Soviet advance while in Slovakia, Kremnica is captured.

In the Ryukyu Islands... On Okinawa, forces of the US 10th Army easily advance across the island to the east coast and make some progress to the north and south. At sea, in addition to the bombardment and air support missions performed by the US naval forces, there are attacks by the British carriers on Skashima Gunto Island. In Japanese Kamikaze attacks four US transports are badly damaged with many casualties among the troops aboard.

In the Philippines... Part of the US 163rd Regiment is landed on Tawitawi, in the Sulu Archipelago.