Adolph Hitler held conference in the Führerbunker to discuss the military situation. He learned there that the Steiner attack ordered the prior day had not occured, and became enraged.
He announced his intention to remain in Berlin nad kill himself, and conceded that the war was lost. Those wishing to leave the bunker were given permission to do so.
This scene if famously depicted in the movie Downfall.
Himmler met in secret with Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden and asked him to act as an intermediary to offer the surrender of all German forces in the west. The message would be delivered two days later.
The 7th Army crossed the Danube.
The Red Army liberated the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
The U.S. Navy sank the U-518.
The British Fourteenth Army captured Taungoo and Oktwin, Burma.
Private First Class Thomas performed the actions that resulted in his winning the Medal of Honor in the Philippines..
He was a member of the leading squad of Company B, which was attacking along a narrow, wooded ridge. The enemy strongly entrenched in camouflaged emplacements on the hill beyond directed heavy fire and hurled explosive charges on the attacking riflemen. Pfc. Thomas, an automatic rifleman, was struck by 1 of these charges, which blew off both his legs below the knees. He refused medical aid and evacuation, and continued to fire at the enemy until his weapon was put out of action by an enemy bullet. Still refusing aid, he threw his last 2 grenades. He destroyed 3 of the enemy after suffering the wounds from which he died later that day. The effective fire of Pfc. Thomas prevented the repulse of his platoon and assured the capture of the hostile position. His magnificent courage and heroic devotion to duty provided a lasting inspiration for his comrades.
The US 31st Infantry Division landed at Moro Gulf. US forces took Jolo.
German mathematician Wilhelm Cauer, 44, was executed by the Red Army, with the soldiers killing him apparently not aware that he was on a list of people to be found by the Soviets for their talents.
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