| On the Eastern Front... The Soviet 2nd Belorussian
Front (Rokossovsky) begins a new offensive in the morning with a
30-minute artillery barrage.
Over Germany... Colonel Ivan Kojedub, the top scoring Soviet
(and Allied) fighter ace (with 62 victories), shoots down a German Me262
over Berlin.
On the Western Front... To the north, attacks by British and Canadian continue to drive southeast toward Udem and Weeze. Julich is captured by units of the US 19th Corps as the US 9th Army begins to extend its advance over the Roer River. To the south, the US 1st and 3rd Armies also push forward.
In the Volcano Islands... On Iwo Jima, forces of US 5th Amphibious Corps continue to advance northward and capture part of the island's second airfield.
In the Philippines... On Luzon, American forces eliminate
desperate Japanese resistance in the Intramuros -- the old walled
quarter of Manila.
In Burma... In their advance on Meiktila, the British 17th Indian Division takes
Taungtha. |
