February 1st, 1945 (THURSDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: Escort carrier HMS Puncher joined the RN Home Fleet.
Submarine HMS Talent launched.
GERMANY: 1,000 USAAF bombers raid Berlin. (Michael Ballard)
SWEDEN: The following UP report was released to the newswires - The Swedish minesweeper Landsort was attacked by an unidentified submarine today in international waters off Oland Island near the SE coast of Sweden. The submarine discharged a torpedo, which passed about 50 feet from the minesweeper.
POLAND: The Red Army captures Torun.
COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES: U.S. Rangers and Filipino guerrillas rescue 513 American survivors of the Bataan "death march". (Michael Ballard)
CANADA: Corvette HMCS Thorlock completed workups Bermuda and departed for Halifax, Nova Scotia.