 In the Philippines... The US 31st Infantry Division is landed at Moro Gulf. The US 24th Division is already advancing inland and has nearly reached
Kabakan. Meanwhile, on Jolo, the last Japanese resistance comes to an end as their final strong-points fall to the US forces. Scattered individual Japanese soldiers remain at large.
In Burma... In the Sittang Valley, Toungoo falls to the British 5th Indian Division.
In Germany... Himmler meets Count Bernadotte of the Swedish Red Cross and gives him a message to pass to the western Allies, offering a German surrender to the British and Americans but not to the Soviets. The message is passed to the Allies on the 24th.
On the Western Front... US 7th Army units cross the Danube at Dillingen and
Baldingen.
In Italy... Units of 2nd and 4th US Corps (parts of US 5th Army) reach the Penaro River in their advance to the Po River. On the left flank Modena is taken.
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