Matilda II crossing
Puriata River,
Bougainville
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1st and 2nd Belorussian Front reach Baltic coast. German Pomeranian armies split.
British and Canadian troops liberate Vynen and Apeldoorn
US 1st Army advances on the Erft
US 3rd Army establishes bridgeheads across the River Kyll
Finland declares that a state of war with Germany has been in existence since 15 September 1944
The first B-29s land on Iwo Jima
Allied troops take Meiktila
Australian troops on Bougainville cross the Puriata River (southern front)