Air Operations, Bismarcks
Air Operations, CBIBURMA
Air Operations, Far EastAircraft from US 14th Army Air Force, under Maj-Gen Chennault, raid a Japanese air base at Hong Kong. [ | ]Air Operations, Marshalls
Air Operations, New GuineaMore than 70 38th and 345th Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack the Momote airfield on Los Negros in the Admiralty Islands. 24 V Bomber Command A-20s attack Aitape. [ | ]Eastern FrontIn the north the Soviets offensive drives on. Luga, Polna, and Lyady are recaptured as they push on toward Pskov. To the north, the troops of the Leningrad Front under Leonid Govorov reach the Narva River and, after 5 days' fighting, the east bank of Lake Peipus. The Russians are now meeting stiffer resistance from the German Army Group North under Model which is preventing them from entering Estonia and Latvia. In the south the battles around Korsun-Sevchezkosky continue. The Germans in fact pull out of the town late in the day but do not make very much more progress in the break out attempt. NORTHERN SECTORAfter a bitter battle Luga, Polna and Lyady fall to the advancing Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts. The Stavka disband the Volkhov Front, incorporating its forces into the Leningrad Front. At the same time some minor redeployments are made. The 59th and 8th Armies move from the Lake Ilmen sector to the Narva line to support the 2nd Shock Army whiel the 42nd, 67th and 54th Armies face south to push toward Pskov and the Velikaya River. During the fighting the Volkhov Front has lost 12,000 killed and 38,000 wounded. SOUTHERN SECTORThe German relief attack toward Korsun bogs down again as the III Panzer Corps comes under fierce attack at Lysyank. Inside the pocket the SS Wiking Division launches another attack upon Shenderovka as Stemmerman tries to deploy for the breakout. After a costly battle the village falls but the 72nd Infantry Division suffers heavy losses in continued fighting at Nova Buda. Other elements of the 72nd Division are able to take Komarovka. Korsun itself is evacuated. [ | ]ItalyWhile the Allies suspend their attacks on Cassino, the 4th Indian Regt takes over the positions of the US 168th Regt of the 34th Div. [ | ]PacificGen MacArthur decides on the beginning of April for the invasion of Manus, the Admiralty Islands and the Japanese base at Kavieng in New Ireland, with the object of extending American control to the Bismarck Archipelago and cutting off and neutralizing the base at Rabaul. [ | ]Images from February 13, 1944
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