February 22nd, 1945 (THURSDAY)
FRANCE: Eisenhower claims that 900,000 German prisoners are being held by the Allies.
GERMANY: The US XX Corps largely
completes the fighting in the Saar-Moselle area.
US troops cross the Saar River.
NORWAY:
U-246 sailed from Bergen on her second and final patrol.
BURMA: British troops land near Kangaw.
Havildar Abdul Rahman (b.?), 9th Jat regt., rescued two men trapped under a Jeep which had hit a mine. He was helping a third when the Jeep's fuel tanks blew up, injuring him fatally. (George Cross)
COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES: Corregidor: An estimated 2,000 Japanese soldiers commit suicide by blowing up a vast ammunition dump.
U.S.A.: Destroyer USS Wiley commissioned.
Montevideo: Uruguay declares war on Germany and Japan.
ATLANTIC OCEAN: U-300 is sunk west of Cadiz, in position 36.29N, 08.20W, by depth charges from British minesweepers HMS Recruit, Pincher and the yacht Evadne. 9 dead and 41 survivors.
Flower class corvette HMCS Trentonian is attacked and sunk by U-1004 (Oberleutnant zur See Rudolf Hinze) East of Falmouth at 50 06N 04 50W. Although damaged aft, the flooding spread forward, and the ship sank 10 minutes later. There are 6 casualties. (Alex Gordon)(108)
At 1320, SS Alexander Kennedy in Convoy BTC-76 was torpedoed and sunk by U-1004 SE of Falmouth. One crewmember was lost. The master, 15 crewmembers and two gunners were picked up by the British SS Eskwood and Gateshead and landed at Plymouth. The master John William Johnson was awarded the Lloyd’s War Medal for bravery at sea.