Air Operations, BismarcksV Bomber Command bombers attack Japanese Army troops at Borgen Bay and Unea Island. [ | ]Air Operations, East IndiesV Bomber Command bombers attack targets of opportunity in the Molucca Islands. [ | ]Air Operations, EuropeRAF BOMBER COMMANDEvening Ops:
Air Operations, New Guinea
Air Operations, Solomons10 42nd Medium Bomb Group B-25s, followed by 22 XIII Bomber Command B-24s, attack Vila. [ | ]Battle of the AtlanticThe German submarine U-664 is sunk by aircraft (VC-1) from the US escort carrier Card (CVE-11) in the North Atlantic area. [ | ]Denmark, ResistanceScavenius, the Danish prime minister, refuses to accept the German demand that saboteurs be tried in German courts. []Diplomatic RelationsIn Ankara a secret agreement is reached between Britain and Hungary. In exchange for the Allies not bombing Hungarian targets, the Hungarians will not fire on Allied aircraft flying to Italy. [ | ]Eastern FrontThe Russians continue to advance on the Bryansk and Kharkov fronts. SOUTHERN SECTORElements of 1st Tank Army, with 6th Guards Army protecting their right wing, take Murafa. The advancing Soviets then run into more newly arrived elements of the III Panzer Corps and heavy fighting erupts near Olshany. The LII Corps also begins to counterattack near Grayvoron. The 5th Guards Tank Army begins a new attack toward Olshany but encounters fierce resistance from the III Panzer Corps. [ | ]SicilyAxis forces continue to withdraw along the whole front, making for Messina. The main effort during this phase of the campaign is make by the British XIII Corps, whose divisions are engaged south and east of Etna in particularly difficult country.
SolomonsIn New Georgia the Americans are still mopping up Japanese troops hidden in the jungle. The 35th Infantry Regt is ordered to be ready to embark for Vella Lavella Island. [ | ] |
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