Air Operations, CBI

• 18 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack a bridge and rail facilities at Myitnge.
• 9 B-25s attack shipping at Rangoon.
• 6 51st Fighter Group P-40s attack a military camp near Tahona.

Air Operations, East Indies

• 90th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack Halong, Celebes.
• V Bomber Command B-25s attack Koepang, Timor.

Air Operations, New Guinea

43rd Heavy Bomb Group B-17s and 90th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s mount individual attacks against numerous targets.

Air Operations, Solomons

• 6 XIII Bomber Command B-24s attack Kieta.
• 2 B-24s attack the Kahili airfield on Bougainville.
• Individual B-24s attack Vila (Kolombangara) and Numa Numa (Bougainville).
• AirSols fighters attack Gatere and Pelipelpi Bay.
• USAAF P-39s and US Navy aircraft attack a bivouac at the Vila airfield on Kolombangara.

Axis Diplomacy

Hitler meets with Laval. This is the last of 5 meeting with satellite and quisling leaders that Hitler has had in April.

The Danish Submarine Bellona (C-2) was scuttled by its own crew at Holmen on 29 August 1943.

Danish Submarine Bellona (C-2)

The Danish cruiser Peder Skram sunken at Holmen in Copenhagen, 29 August 1943

Danish Cruiser Peder Skram

North Africa

The British recapture Sidi Abdallah.

Gen Alexander decides to reinforce the British 1st Army for the final push to clear the rest of Tunisia.

In the US II Corps area, the 60th Regimental Combat Team of the 9th Div reaches Djebel Hazemat, north of the Sedjenane River, then pushes closer to Kef en Nsour, south of the river.

The 39th Regimental Combat Team continues its outflanking action toward Jefna on the northern flank while the 47th Regimental Combat Team patrols actively toward Djebels Azag and Ajred, reaching the western slope of Azag. The 34th Div makes limited progress against Hill 609, getting elements on the southern slopes. The 16th Regimental Combat Team of the 1st Div begins an attack on Hill 523, a strongpoint east of Hill 609, but makes little progress. The rest of the 1st Div is relatively quiet as positions on Djebel el Anz and Djebel Sidi Meftah are consolidated. Combat Command A, 1st Armored Div, continues to clear Hill 299 against determined opposition.

Occupied Poland

A German sponsored 11-man 'International Medical Commission' dissects 8 Polish corpses at Katyn and reports that Russians committed the massacre in the spring of 1940 using German small arms.