Air Operations, Aleutians12 28th Composite Bomb Group B-24s, 25 B-25s, and 2 343rd Fighter Group P-38s mount a total of 6 separate attacks against Kiska. [ | ]Air Operations, Europe
Evening Ops:
Air Operations, MediterraneanAllied bombing continues in preparation for the invasion of the island of Sicily. 300 tons of bombs are dropped on Messina, an important transportation and communication center. [ | ]Air Operations, New GuineaV Bomber Command B-25s attack Japanese Army ground positions around Sepu. [ | ]Air Operations, Solomons
Germany, PlanningHitler decides to launch the much-postponed Operation ZITADELLE (CITADEL) on July 5. Repeated delays are largely due to problems with the new tanks and the critical Italian situation. [ | ]Occupied PolandJews in the ghetto of Czestochowa begin an uprising. The ghetto is immediately reduced to rubble with an unknown number killed. [ | ] |
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