The Jewish Frank family was arrested in Amsterdam by German police. Only Otto Frank would survive the war, going on to publish his daughter Anne's diary.
They were betrayed by somebody, but it remains a mystery as to who it was.
The Germans retreated from Florence leaving only the Ponte Vecchio bridge entact. The South African elements of the British 13th Corps entered the city.
The Germans counterattacked between Riga and Jelgava, reestablishing communications.
Polish poet Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński was killed in the Warsaw Uprising.
The 3d Army occupied Rennes. The British 21st Army captured Evrecy and Villers Bocage.
Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim assumed the Finnish presidency, paving the way for Finland to exit the war.
The British 2nd Division took Tamu, Burma.
The U-671 was sunk by the Royal Navy in the English Channel.
The Matsu was sunk by the U.S. Navy off of Chichijima.
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