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- USS Cod was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Cod | CPC]
- Himmler ordered the liquidation of all Jewish ghettos in all Soviet territories controlled by Germany. On the same day, the Lvov Ghetto in Poland was liquidated; 10,000 to 20,000 Jews were massacred. ww2dbase [Heinrich Himmler | CPC]
- RAF bombers attacked Krefeld in the Ruhr region of Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | TH]
- Dudley Morton was awarded the Navy Cross. ww2dbase [Dudley Morton | CPC]
- USS Hoe sank a Japanese ship, hitting her with 3 out of 4 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Hoe | CPC]
- Engstrom was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Engstrom | CPC]
- USS Scorpion arrived off Takarajima, Tokara Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. ww2dbase [Scorpion | CPC]
- Orde Wingate arrived in Delhi, India and met with various British officers. ww2dbase [Orde Wingate | CPC]
- Takeo Takagi was named the commanding officer of the Japanese Navy 6th Fleet, which was centered around submarines. ww2dbase [Takeo Takagi | CPC]
- Chuichi Nagumo was named the commanding officer of the Kure Naval District. ww2dbase [Chuichi Nagumo | CPC]
- Katori was made the flagship of Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi, the new commanding officer of the Japanese Sixth Fleet. ww2dbase [Katori | CPC]
- In Operation Toenails, US 4th Marine Raider Battalion was dispatched to Segi, New Georgia to assist coast watchers in the area who were threatened by a Japanese advance. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | Segi, New Georgia | TH, CPC]
- Ryuho, Yukikaze, Naka, and Yugure arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. Yugure would begin a period of maintenance and refitting at Truk. ww2dbase [Ryuho | Yukikaze | Yugure | Naka | Truk | CPC]
- Gabriel Puaux was made the Resident-General of French Morocco, replacing Charles Hippolyte Noguès. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Whale arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Whale | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]
- Kamikaze departed Ominato, Aomori Prefecture, Japan for patrols in the Tsugaru Strait area. ww2dbase [Kamikaze | Ominato, Aomori | CPC]
- USS Luce was commissioned into service with Commander Donald C. Varian in command. ww2dbase [Luce | CPC]
- The US Supreme Court upheld the original 1942 verdict against Minoru Yasui. ww2dbase [Internment of Japanese-Americans and Japanese-Canadians | Minoru Yasui | Washington | CPC]
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