The Red Army crossed the River Scheshule and raised the Soviet flag on German soil. Sgt. Alexander Belov took the honors. He survived the war and died in 1960.
Interestingly, the Red Army entered East Prussia on the same day that the Imperial Russian Army had during World War One.
German forces in Lithuania launched counterattacks along their entire line.
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The Canadian Army took Falaise. The city was in ruins. A gap of a few miles exists thereafter between the British lines and the American ones.
The US Third Army took Saint-Malo.
In Southern France, almost no resistance to Allied advances is offered and the US captured St. Raphael, St. Tropez, Frejus, Le Luq and St. Maxime.
Hitler dismissed Field Marshal Kluge as commander of Army Group B and replaced him with Model.
The Battle of Biak, which had been going on since May 27, ended in an Allied victory. American forces advanced near Aitape. The length of these battles gives testament to how hard the Japanese were fighting.
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