| On the Western Front... In the north, there are unsuccessful attacks by German forces on the British and Canadian forces of the Canadian 1st Army which are approaching Cleve and Materborn. German forces open the Schwammenauel Dam, opposite the US 1st Army, in a partially successful attempt to delay the advance of the American forces nearby.
On the Eastern Front... The last German resistance in Elbing comes to an end and the town is taken by the 2nd Belorussian Front.
In the Volcano Islands... American USAAF B-24 and B-29 bombers raid Iwo Jima in preparation for the landings later in the month. They drop a daily average of 450 tons of bombs over the course of 15 days (6800 tons).
In the Soviet Union... The Yalta Conference continues. Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin and their senior military and political advisors meet to discuss the postwar order and the war with Japan. Yalta is a recently liberated Crimean resort. |
