Air Operations, New Guinea
5th Air Force B-25s attack Lae.
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]Burma
Lt-Gen Stilwell and a small group of men reach safety at Dimapur after a 150-mile retreat through the Burmese jungle.[MORE]
[ | ]Caribbean
The US tanker Samuel Q. Brown is torpedoed by U-103 south of the Yucatan Channel losing two of her crew in the attack. 53 survivors gather in two lifeboats.
[ | ]Eastern Front
Army Group South strikes hard at the Russians in the Kharkov area. The German 6th Army from the north and Group Kleist (17th Army and 1st Pzr Army) work to encircle elements of the Russian 6th and 57th Armies west of the Donets in what becomes known as the Barvenkovo Salient.
Snow Melting Results in Widespread Flooding on the Russian Front |
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The Finns abandon their attacks at Kastenga after a lack of success. Bitter fighting with the 26th Army has exacted a high price upon the attacking Finns.
SOUTHERN SECTORHeavy fighting rages between Barvenkovo and Balakleya as the Germans widen their corridor. The destruction of the pocket begins. Lt-Gen Fedor I. Kostenko takes control of the 6th and 57th Armies inside the pocket. Amid confused and heavy fighting, the 57th Army abandons Lozovaya while the limited relief attacks by the 38th and 9th Armies are easily repelled.
Destroyed Russian Equipment |
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A defeated Gen Stilwell arrives in Dimapur, India, with a 400-man force after a 140-mile retreat through the Burmese jungle. He said the Allies took 'a hell of a beating' from the Japanese, and it will be necessary to regroup and 'throw them out'.
[ | ]Norwegian Sea
The German steamer Asuncion (4626t) sinks on a mine north of Tromsø.
[ | ]United States, Home Front
The Grumman Hellcat naval fighter, designed to outclass the Mitsubishi Zero, is ordered into production 1 month ahead of the prototype's first flight. The Long Island assembly plant is still under construction at this time, but production will begin in October.
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