| In the Greater Sunda Islands... On Borneo, the reinforced Australian 7th Division (General Milford) land at Balikpapan with 33,000 troops. Three escort carriers provide naval air support to the landing for the first three days ashore.
The Balikpapan region is one of the richest oil-producing areas in Asia.
In China... Chinese forces liberate Liuchow.
Over Japan... Some 550 B-29 Superfortress bombers -- the
greatest number yet to be engaged -- drop 4000 tons of incendiary bombs
on the Kure naval base, Shimonoseki, Ube and Kumanoto, on western
Kyushu.
In Occupied Germany... British troops withdraw from Magdeburg,
which now becomes part of the Soviet occupation zone.
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