In Moscow… The formation of a Polish Committee of National Liberation is announced. The London based Polish government in exile calls it “the creation of a handful of unknown communists.”

On the Eastern Front… Soviet forces capture Pskov. This was the last major town of the prewar USSR to have been held by German forces. To the south, troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front enter Lublin. German forces continue to resist in Lublin.

From Berlin… Field Marshal Schorner replaces General Friessner as commander of Army Group North.

In Italy… Elements of the US 4th Corps (part of US 5th Army) penetrate the outskirts of Pisa but are only able to occupy the area south of the Arno River.

In the Mariana Islands… On Guam, American marines on the northern beachhead reach Point Adelup. On the southern beachhead, the marines cross the neck of the Orote Peninsula, thereby cutting off the main Japanese airfield on the island.

On the Western Front… The Canadian 1st Army becomes operational in Normandy.