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Berlin entirely encircled by Soviet forces
Soviet troops clear the Samland Peninsula
US 1st Army patrols make contact with Soviet forces near Torgau
US 3rd Army attacks Cheb (Czechoslovakia)
US 7th Army crosses the Danube
5th Army takes Verona
Delegates from the War Crimes Commission leave London to visit the concentration camps
UN Conference on International Organisation opens in San Francisco
RAF bombs Berchtesgaden
A large number of Eighth Air Force bombardment groups carry out their last combat mission. Targets include a bridge near Salzburg (446th BG), the marshalling yard at Salzburg (448th BG), a transformer station at Traunstein (466th BG).
German submarine U-326 sunk with all hands in the Bay of Biscay
German submarine U-1197 decommissioned at Wesermunde