Operation Plunder commanded by Field Marshall Montgomery was launched which saw the 21st Army Group cross the Rhine.The Rhine was crossed was at Rees, Wesel, and south of the river Lippe by the British Second Army under Lieutenant General Miles Dempsey, and the United States Ninth Army under Lieutenant General William H. Simpson.
89th Infantry Division crossing the Rhine in Operation Plunder. Note the soldier equipped with a Thompson submachine gun on the deck of the landing craft.
The U.S. 5th Infantry Division of the 3d Army crossed the Rhine near Nierstein.
Don Juan, pretender to the Spanish Crown, demanded Franco's resignation.
Kamikazes make significant strikes on Task Force 58, including with the new Yokosuka MXYZ Ohka suicide rocket plane.
The Arab League was established.
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