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• US First Army captured the last of seven Ruhr dams in Germany, but in general Canadian and American troops continued to make very slow progress as key areas had been flooded by retreating Germans. ww2dbase [Fall of the Ruhr | AC]
• In Poland, Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front reached the Niesse River, taking Liegnitz and encircling Glogau in the process. ww2dbase [TH]
• USS Mingo survived a typhoon, which caused some damage and caused 2 men to be lost. ww2dbase [Mingo | CPC]
• The Nakajima aircraft plant at Ota, Gunma Prefecture, Japan was seriously damaged by American bombing. ww2dbase [Bombing of Tokyo and Other Cities | CPC]
• The Japanese Navy 5th Air Fleet was formed with the strength of eight air groups with Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki in command and Captain Toshiyuki Yokoi as his chief of staff; it was attached to the Combined Fleet. ww2dbase [Matome Ugaki | CPC]
• Starting from this date, Soviet counterintelligence chiefs of each front were required to provide daily reports on the progress of the deportation of German males (for use as forced laborers within the Soviet Union). ww2dbase [CPC]
• Landing ship No. 131 was converted to a miscellaneous service ship and was renamed Kuroshio No. 1. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]

• Indian 114th Brigade captured Pakkoku 20 kilometers southwest of the Chindwin-Irrawaddy confluence in Burma. ww2dbase [Battle of Meiktila-Mandalay | Pakkoku | CPC]

• USS Hancock departed Ulithi, Caroline Islands as part of Task Group 58.2. Air Group 80, previously aboard USS Ticonderoga, now aboard. ww2dbase [Hancock | Albert O. Vorse, Jr. | Ulithi | DS]
• USS Wake Island departed Ulithi, Caroline Islands with Task Group 52.2. ww2dbase [Wake Island | Ulithi | CPC]
• USS Astoria departed Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Astoria (Cleveland-class) | Ulithi | CPC]
• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) and TF58 departed Ulithi, Caroline Islands for raids in support of the landings on Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Ulithi | DS]
• Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Ulithi bound for Saipan, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Steamer Bay | Ulithi | DS]
• Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Sargent Bay was reassigned from logistics support to a task force of escort carriers tasked with providing close air support for ground units during the upcoming landings on Iwo Jima. Sargent Bay and the task force departed Ulithi for rehearsals near Saipan. ww2dbase [Sargent Bay | Ulithi | DS]

• Jean de Lattre de Tassigny was awarded the Grand Croix of the Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur. ww2dbase [Jean de Lattre de Tassigny | CPC]

• Fierce German counter attacks near Neustettin, Germany (now Szczecinek, Poland) halted the advance of the Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front. Nevertheless, some of the troops of the Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front were withdrawn from the East Prussian Offensive and diverted to the fighting in Pomerania, Germany. ww2dbase [East Prussian Offensive | Neustettin, Pommern | TH]
• German passenger ship Steuben, previously fatally hit by two torpedoes from S-13, sank just off the coast near Stolp, Germany (now Slupsk, Poland). She listed rapidly and sank by the bow just past the start of the day, about 20 minutes from the time of the torpedo hits. About 4,250 military and civilian passengers were killed. ww2dbase [East Prussian Offensive | Alexander Marinesko | Pommern | AC]
• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against rail facilities at Dülmen, Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | RAF Thurleigh | Dülmen | DS]

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Catapult and Arresting Gear facilities turned over to station as usably complete. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]

• A breakout attempt by the remaining 16,000 Axis troops in Budapest, Hungary failed, with most of the men being captured or killed. ww2dbase [Budapest Strategic Offensive Operation | Budapest | TH]

• Landing ship No. 149 was converted to a miscellaneous service ship and was recommissioned as Kuroshio No. 2. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]

• Nine B-17 Fortresses of the 92nd Bomb Group flying from RAF Podington in Bedfordshire carried out the first operational attack with Disney rocket-assisted bombs on the E-Boat pens at IJmuiden, Netherlands. ww2dbase [Schnellboot-class | Disney | IJmuiden | DS]

• German V-2 rocket hit Silvertown in North Woolwich, London, England, United Kingdom just across the River Thames from the Harland and Wolff shipyard offices; many workers at Harland and Wolff were injured. Another rocket scored a direct hit on the Bascule Bridge in Woolwich at 1115 hours. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | Vergeltungswaffe 2 | London, England | CPC]

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