The Japanese offer little opposition as the assault units move inland. In the U.S. Seventh Army's XV Corps area, the 45th and 3rd divisions continue their drive on Nurnberg. To the east, the Red Army opens an all-out offensive toward Berlin, attacking along the Oder and Neisse rivers. In the Pacific, U.S. Eighth Army troops make slow progress against Japanese troops around Cebu City in the Philippines. Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker after naming Adm. Karl Donitz as his successor.
Allied units occupy virtually all of Germany, though scattered resistance continues.
In the Pacific, the U.S. Sixth Army continues operations on Luzon, while the Eighth Army advances to within four miles of Davao on Mindanao. We invite readers' views. We'll withhold your name if you desire and may condense your views because of space. We can't publish or answer every one, but we'll use representative views. S108, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5548.