Air Operations, Bismarcks
Air Operations, CBIBURMA
Air Operations, New Guinea
Air Operations, Solomons42nd Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack supply dumps at Kahili and the seaplane base at Buka. AirSols fighters attack numerous targets. [ | ]Burma2 regiments of the Chinese 38th Div converge on the small town of Taihpa Ga, in the Hukawng valley, while other units of the division try to eliminate some Japanese infiltrations. On the Arakan front the XV Corps of the British 11th Army takes Maungdaw having advanced 20 miles from around Bawli Bazar near the Indian border. The offensive is part of a renewed Allied attempt to take Akyab, and Maungdaw is an important supply port for the Japanese. Despite the success, the Allied troops have an exposed left flank, against which huge Japanese forces are massing. [ | ]Diplomatic RelationsChurchill and de Gaulle meet in Marrakech, Morocco. The main issues are the role of the Free French forces in the forthcoming invasion of the continent and the degree of authority to be assumed by the French Committee in civil affairs inside France after the invasion. [ | ]Eastern FrontVatutin's forces take Polonnoye, midway between Berdichev and Rovno, and farther south Konev's troops take Aleksandrovka. SOUTHERN SECTORThe headquarters of the XLVII Panzer Corps is attacked, losing many men in the fighting and throwing the corps into confusion. Aleksandrovka falls to the 4th Guards Army. [ | ]ItalyThe 10th and 34th Divs from US II Corps attack Cervaro and Monte Trochio, just east of the Cassino position. The last units of the American 45th Div are relieved by the Algerian 3rd Div of the French Expeditionary Corps. [ | ]MediterraneanUS Army aircraft sink the German submarine U-81 off the coast of Pola, Italy. [ | ]New BritainAfter 3 days of heavy fighting US troops take the Aogiri ridge in their advance to the Aogiri River. [ | ]SolomonsOn Bougainville the US engineers complete a second airfield at Piva, inland from the coast, which will help to strengthen the air offensive against targets in New Britain. [ | ]United States, CommandMaj-Gen Bedell Smith is appointed to be Chief of Staff to Gen Eisenhower. [ | ]United States, Home FrontAntanas Smetona, ex-dictator of Lithuania, is killed in a fire in Cleveland, Ohio. He was 69. [ | ]Images from January 9, 1944
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