Air Operations, Aleutians
Air Operations, CBICHINA
Air Operations, East Indies380th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s based at the airfield at Fenton, Australia, attack Kendari, Celebes. [ | ]Air Operations, Europe
Evening Ops:
Air Operations, MediterraneanRound-the-clock bombing of Pantelleria continues. [ | ]Air Operations, New Guinea43rd Heavy Bomb Group B-17s attack Boram and Wewak. [ | ]AleutiansAfter their last, desperate effort, all organized resistance by the Japanese on the island is exhausted. The Americans complete the capture of Attu. The Japanese have lost 2,350 killed including about 500 suicides by hand grenades and only 28 wounded have been captured. The American have paid dearly for their conquest. The losses amount to 600 dead and 1,200 wounded in capturing what is really a very unimportant position. An American detachment occupies the island of Shemya without opposition. [ | ]AtlanticThe British submarine Untamed is lost when she fails to surface during exercises with anti-submarine sloop Shemara off Campbeltown, Scotland. All 36 crew members are lost. [ | ]
France, PoliticsDe Gaulle arrives in Algiers for talks with Gen Giraud to reconcile their differences. Talks take place to establish a central authority for the unified conduct of the French war effort. De Gaulle also meets with Churchill. [ | ]Vichy FranceVichy announces that the previously immobilized French naval squadron in Alexandria harbor had gone over to the Allies. According to the Laval government, the French ships had been subjected to incessant pressure from the British, including the withholding of pay. [ | ] |
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