 In Berlin... Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide in their rooms in Hitler's bunker at 1530 hours. Their bodies are carried outside and cremated with gasoline.
On the Eastern Front... In Berlin, Soviet forces reach the Reichstag from the north. Other government buildings are also captured. To the north, troops of the 2nd Belorussian Front advance toward Straslund, Waren and Wittenberge. In Czechoslovakia, Mor Ostrava is occupied after a lengthy battle. German forces continue to hold a part of Maravia and most of Bohemia. Slovakia has been completely overrun by Soviet forces.
On the Western Front... Forces of French 1st Army enter Austria near Lake Constance, in the south, while units of British 2nd Army, in the north, advance toward the Baltic coast.
In the Ryukyu Islands... On Okinawa, Japanese counterattacks and infiltration attempts along the Shuri Line area are defeated. There is heavy fighting in the Maeda and Kochi Ridge positions. The US 1st Marine and 77th Divisions replace the US 27th and 96th Divisions in the line.
In the Occupied Dutch East Indies... The preparatory bombardment of targets in the Tarakan area in the northeast of the island of Borneo continues. A small American landing force goes ashore on the island of
Sadan.
In the Arctic... German U-boats continue to attack convoy RA-66. |
