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• USS Runner attacked and claimed the sinking of a Japanese transport in the western Pacific; she reported 3 torpedoes expended and 2 hits. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• German troops launched an offensive against American forces at and near Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Orde Wingate's first Chindit expedition, which had set off in great secrecy four days earlier, reached and crossed the Chinwin River badly behind schedule. Here, an agitated Wingate would discover that an RAF supply drop, which included letters from home, had fallen into Japanese hands, compromising security. ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | AC]

• Destroyer Yukikaze arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• Commandant Rudolf Höss of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp issued Garrison Order No. 3 which instructed the SS guards to "maintain an appropriate distance from the prisoners" to order to prevent the spread of typhus which was rampant among the prisoners. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

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