General Schlieben, Admiral Hennecke and 30,000 Germans surrender. German holdouts in pillboxes are blasted by American artillery at point-blank range. Russian prisoners are freed. Germany's aerial torpedo, the V1 missile, is knocked out over Britain by a Spitfire.
Chinese officers practice a tear-gas attack and bazooka firings.
Supplies are moved to the front by mule. General Merrill's Marauders cut through the Burma jungle to Myitkyina. General Marshall confers with General Mark Clark at 5th Army headquarters, meets with staff officers and presents Distinguished Service Medals in Italy, and inspects the Italian front at Grosetto by air from a Piper Cub. The US 540th Engineers restore the port of Civitavecchia on June 12th, sweeping mines and towing scuttled ships. Royal British warships shell Elba as Free French and Allied forces invade the island June 17th.