The Battle of Peleliu finally ended in an American victory.
Detonation of explosives at the RAF Fauld underground munitions depot killed around 70 people in one the largest non nuclear explosions of all time.
The captured Norwegian ship Rigel was sunk by aircraft of the Royal Navy, resulting in the deaths of 2,571 people, mos tof whom were prisoners of war.
A mine sank the U-479 in the Gulf of Finland.
A V2 killed 157 people in Antwerp.
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