10 Aug 1938
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China
- The Namita Detachment of the Japanese 11th Army Group and the Japanese 9th Division attacked Ruichang, Jiangxi, China, defended by the Chinese 3rd Army Company and the Chinese 32nd Army Group. ww2dbase [Battle of Wuhan | Ruichang, Jiangxi | CPC]
- American gunboat USS Luzon, with US Ambassador Nelson Johnson on board, arrived at Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Chongqing | CPC]
- The main synagogue at Nürnberg, Germany was destroyed. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]
- Minoru Ota was assigned to the Navy General Staff. ww2dbase [Minoru Ota | CPC]
- Passenger-cargo ship Tilawa suffered extensive superficial damage in a collision with Dutch liner Nieuw Zeeland off King’s Dock, Singapore. ww2dbase [Tilawa | DS]
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