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• Yugoslavian partisans took control of the island of Korcula in the Adriatic Sea, capturing 800 of the German defenders. ww2dbase [TH]
• Mussolini met with Hitler near Salzburg, Germany (Austria). ww2dbase [Benito Mussolini | TH]
• The RAF used of the new liquid incendiary device, J-Bomb, for the first time against Brunswick, Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | TH]
• Soviet Union ended peace talks with Finland. ww2dbase [TH]
• USS Iowa began to escort carriers while the aircraft struck Japanese positions on New Guinea, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Iowa | CPC]

• USS S-43 arrived at Purvis Bay in the Nggela Islands, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [S-43 | Purvis Bay, Nggela Islands | CPC]

• Troops of US 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) began marching through the jungle for Myitkyina, Burma. ww2dbase [Battle of Myitkyina | CPC]

• Japanese troops captured Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China. ww2dbase [Operation Ichigo | Zhengzhou, Henan | CPC]

• Allied forces landed on Aitape, Australian Territory of New Guinea and Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea during Operation Persecution. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Nicholas | Aitape, Dutch New Guinea | TH, CPC]
• US Army troops captured the main Hollandia Airfield on the northern coast of Dutch New Guinea. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Hollandia Airfield Complex | Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea | CPC]
• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) launched raids the landing areas at Hollandia (Jayapura), Dutch East Indies area of northern New Guinea in support of General Douglas MacArthur's assault on Hollandia. Cruiser USS New Orleans (New Orleans-class) was struck in the mast by a TBF Avenger just after launch from Yorktown. All 3 airmen were killed with one New Orleans sailor killed and another injured. ww2dbase [New Orleans | Yorktown (Essex-class) | New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea | DS]
• USS Corregidor began operations off Hollandia (now Jayapura), Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Corregidor | Dutch New Guinea | CPC]

• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against Hamm, Germany. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Hamm | DS]

• Japanese attacks overran some Anglo-Indian defensive positions near Imphal, India, but no major progress was made. Near Kohima to the north, Anglo-Indian troops attacked Garrison Hill after sundown. Behind the Japanese lines, Lieutenant General Renya Mutaguchi visited the front lines and relieved Major General Motozo Yanakida for his perceived lack of aggressiveness, replacing him with Major General Nobuo Tanaka. ww2dbase [Battle of Imphal-Kohima | Imphal, Manipur | CPC]

• Yamato departed Okinoshima, Japan with cruiser Maya, destroyer Shimakaze, destroyer Yukikaze, and two other destroyers. ww2dbase [Yamato | Okinoshima, Shimane | CPC]
• Light carrier Ryuho departed Kure, Japan for Taira, Bonin Islands. ww2dbase [Ryuho | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]

• Bogdan Kobulov and Ivan Serov sent a message to NKVD chief Lavrentiy Beria, claiming without substantiation that 20,000 Crimean Tatars had deserted during the retreat of the 51st Army from Krym (Crimea), Russia in 1941. ww2dbase [Deportation of Crimean Tatars | Krym | CPC]

• Kamoi was tied to quay No. 13 at Singapore. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Singapore | CPC]

• American forces conducted marshalling and embarkation drills at Slapton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Exercise Tiger | Slapton, England | CPC]

• Captain Arthur Gavin relieved Captain Rowe as commanding officer of USS Ranger. ww2dbase [Ranger | New York | DS]

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