The German government admitted the loss of two more major cities: Leipzig and Nuremberg, as well as five infantry corps, a panzergrenadier corps and another army headquarters and its associated troops.
British units liberated Oslo, leaving Copenhagen as the only other major city outside of the Reich still in German hands. At sea, three German cruiser squadrons engaged a British destroyer squadron hoping for a quick victory. However, the British squadron, latter revealed to be the Greek Navy that escaped in 1941, only received moderate damage while inflicting itself moderate damage on two of the cruiser squadrons and almost sinking the third one despite the more than 3 to 1 German superiority, the loses were 4 to 1 in favor of the Greeks.
