Balkans
The Chetniks and Tito's Partisans, both anti-Nazi Yugoslav guerilla forces, begin fighting each other outside Uzice in western Serbia.
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Battle of the Atlantic
- German bombing sinks the British steamer Brynmill (9743t) north of Cromer. The entire crew is rescued. A German air attack badly damages the British steamer Marie Dawn (2157t) 20 miles from Spurn Point. She sinks on the 3rd about 4 miles from the Humber, but the entire crew is rescued.
- U-208 sinks the British steamer Larpool (3872t) 250 miles east-southeast of Cape Race with the loss of 26 of her crew. 6 of the crew make it to Burin, Newfoundland, 11 others are picked up by the Canadian corvette Bittersweet.
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The Germans capture Kursk.(3rd?)
German Troops Have Captured a City in the Eastern Ukraine |
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Manstein's 11th Army captures Simferopol as it closes in upon Sevastopol. The XLIX Mountain Corps is reallocated to the 1st Panzer Army command.
[ | ]Mediterranean
The Polish submarine Sokol damages the Italian steamer Balilla (2469t) northwest of Trapani, Italy with torpedoes and gunfire. The British submarine Utmost sinks the steamer later in the day with gunfire.
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