Air Operations, Bismarcks
Air Operations, CBICHINA
Air Operations, East Indies
Air Operations, EuropeB-17s bomb the Focke-Wulf works at Oschersleben. RAF BOMBER COMMANDEvening Ops:
Air Operations, New GuineaV Bomber Command B-24s attack Larat and Manokwari and B-25s demolish 2 Japanese destroyers that had run up on a reef. [ | ]Air Operations, PacificUS Army bombers sink the Japanese destroyers Ariake and Mikasuki in the New Britain area. [ | ]Air Operations, Solomons42nd Medium Bomb Group B-25s and AirSols light bombers and fighters attack artillery batteries and other targets at Webster Cove. [ | ]AleutiansLate in the day, using 2 cruisers and 12 destroyers, the Japanese evacuate almost all the remainder of the Kiska garrison, about 5,200 men, without being spotted. The Americans bombard Kiska on 3 occasions between now and their landing on August 15 as well as dropping 1,500 tons of bombs. [ | ]Battle of the Atlantic
ItalyAllied surrender terms are broadcast to the Italians by Roosevelt. [ | ]SicilyThe Americans take Nicosia and the Canadians Agira. The Canadians also take Leonforte, northeast of Enna. [ | ]SolomonsOn New Georgia the American attacks continue, now directed principally toward Horseshoe Hill. Gen Oscar W. Griswold asks for reinforcements to follow up the attack on Munda. The Americans are advancing extremely slowly, and the Japanese exact a high price for every yard of ground gained. 2 Japanese destroyers are sunk by aircraft near Rabaul. The reconnaissance group sent to Vella Lavella returns from Barokoma and reports favoralbly on the possibilities of a landing.
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