In Occupied Denmark… Gestapo Headquarters, the Shell House in Aarhus, is destroyed by a precision bombing raid by the RAF. The objective of the attack is to destroy as many records as possible, to aid resistance members.

In Greece… German forces withdraw from Salonika. Remaining German island garrisons are now trapped. During recent weeks, numerous German troops on the islands in the Aegean have been removed by small vessels, despite Allied patrols.

On the Eastern Front… German Army Group North is cut off in the Courland Peninsula in Lithuania.

Over Germany… Bomber Command conducts a daylight bombing raid in the Ruhr industrial area, with the Bottrop oil plant as the nominal target.