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- US VII Corps met resistance attacking toward Saint-LĂ´, France. ww2dbase [Normandy Campaign, Phase 1 | TH]
- The last 35,000 men of German 4.Armee surrendered to Soviet troops at Minsk, Byelorussia. ww2dbase [Operation Bagration | TH]
- Claus von Stauffenberg was summoned to see Adolf Hitler in Berchtesgaden, Germany regarding the situation of the Home Army. ww2dbase [Claus von Stauffenberg | CPC]
- Leng Peishu, flying a P-40N fighter, scored his first victory while covering B-24 bombers, shooting down one Ki-43-II aircraft of Japanese 48th Sentai, while damaging another. ww2dbase [Leng Peishu | CPC]
- Japanese 18th Army under Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi launched a counterattack in the Aitape-New Hollandia area in New Guinea, placing pressure on American troops but sustaining heavy casualties. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Dutch New Guinea | CPC]
- The full strength of Soviet 115th Corps was now located on the northern bank of the Vuoksi River in Finland. ww2dbase [Battle of Tali-Ihantala and Battle of Vuosalmi | CPC]
- The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against railroad yards in Munich, Germany. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Munich, Bavaria | DS]
- Light carrier Ryuho entered the drydocks at Kure, Japan. ww2dbase [Kure Naval Arsenal | Ryuho | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]
- London, England, United Kingdom received many V-1 bombs and over 38 deaths were reported. The worst incident, killing 14, was at Annerley Road in Crystal Palace, south-east London. At Public House, The Paxon's Arms was hit close by in Clapham, 11 people in the pub were killed. At Deptford, south-east London, 11 dock workers were killed, with cranes and workshops destroyed. ww2dbase [Vergeltungswaffe 1 | V-Weapons Campaign | London, England | HM]
- USS Ranger departed Norfolk, Virginia bound for the Panama Canal. ww2dbase [Norfolk Navy Yard | Ranger | Norfolk, Virginia | DS]
- USS Whale arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her eighth war patrol. ww2dbase [Whale | Midway Bases | Midway | CPC]
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