| In Manila... General MacArthur announces that the Philippines have been completely liberated.
In the Philippines... On Mindanao, the US 24th Division
organizes an amphibious expeditionary force to liberate Sarangani Bay,
in the south of the island, south of Davao. Filipino guerrilla forces
assist in clearing out the Japanese pockets of resistance.
In Occupied Germany... In Berlin, rumors that Hitler is still
alive start to spread. Meanwhile, several thousand civilians in the city
watch the arrival of the British occupation force. The British 11th
Hussars, the Armoured Car Regiment of the the British 7th Armoured
Division (General L. O. Lyne) -- the "Desert Rats" -- arrived
after a 14-hour, 120 mile (almost 200 km) march from the British
occupation zone. They were held up for three hours at Magdeburg waiting
for the Red Army forces to give them permission to enter the Soviet
zone.
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