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On the Western Front... The British 2nd Army completes the capture of Bremen. US 3rd Army units take Regensburg while other elements enter Austria. In the south, the French 1st Army reaches Lake Constance.
On the Eastern Front... In the continuing Soviet advances in the fighting in Berlin,
the Dahlem and Seimensstadt districts are captured. Other Soviet units take
the port of Stettin on the Baltic coast and Brno in Czechoslovakia.
In Italy... US 5th Army units head north from Verona toward the Brenner Pass and west toward Milan. The British 8th Army has crossed the Adige River and moves northeast toward Venice and Trieste.
In Liberated France... Marshal Petain is arrested when he crosses into France from Switzerland.
In the Philippines... There is a further American landing on Negros, this time by units of the Americal Division in the southwest of the island. The troops advance well inland before encountering Japanese resistance.
In Burma... Armor of the British 14th Army capture Toungoo in
the drive south from Meiktila to Rangoon.
In the Ryukyu Islands... On Okinawa, the US 24th Corps attacks
the along the Japanese held Maeda Escarpment (Shuri Line). American
armor reaches the reverse slope.
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