| In London... The West End lights up again, ending
over 2000 days of blackout and dim-out.
In Brussels... King Leopold III repeats his refusal to
abdicate.
In Japan... American naval vessels bombard Muroran, the second
biggest steel center in Japan, lying in Volcano Bay on the east side of
the island of Hokkaido. Three battleships bombarded the Muroran and some
1000 carrier planes bombed the cities of Hakodati, Otaru, Abashiri,
Kushiro, Asahigawa and Obihiro, all on Hokkaido.
Over Japan... American B-29 Superfortress bombers, based in
the Marianna Islands, raided an oil refinery at Kudamatsu on Honshu
Island while fighters and bombers from Okinawa attacked objectives on
Kyushu and southern Honshu.
In the Greater Sunda Islands... On Borneo, Australian troops
capture Mount Batochampar, which was a key Japanese defensive position.
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