The US Fifth Army launched a major offensive in the Po Valley, joining an ongoing British offensive.
US troops advance past a wall with Nazi propaganda on it.
The US 3rd Army captured Bayreuth.
Admiral Karl Dönitz grouped six U-boats into Wolfpack Seewolf and ordered them to the Atlantic to tie down Allied forces in the region, which seems rather naive under the circumstances.
Anticipating future weapons development, the Allies thought that the U-boats would position themselves to launch V-1 or V-2 rockets on the Eastern US coast, and launched Operation Teardrop to sink them.
Himmler ordered that all of the prisoners at DAchau were to be murdered.
A memorial for Franklin Roosevelt was held in the East Room of the White House.
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