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• USS Corvina received fuel at Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Quintin Brand retired from the Royal Air Force. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• German 4.Panzerarmee was split into smaller groups near Kiev, Ukraine, but it prevented Soviet troops from breaking the rail link with Army Group Center. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
• The colonial government of India officially accepted US help with railway defense and operations. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Mogami departed Rabaul, New Britain for Truk, Caroline Islands to receive temporary repairs. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• Takao departed Rabaul, New Britain for Truk, Caroline Islands to receive temporary repairs. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• Atago departed Rabaul, New Britain for Truk, Caroline Islands to receive temporary repairs. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• Naka departed Rabaul, New Britain. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• Louis Mountbatten met with Chiang Kaishek in Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• German Navy ordered the construction of submarine U-3060. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• German Navy ordered the construction of submarine U-3061. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• German Navy ordered the construction of submarine U-3062. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• German Navy ordered the construction of submarine U-3063. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Haddock fired a total of 14 torpedoes on a convoy in the Pacific Ocean, claiming two oilers sunk with 8 hits, but the Japanese only suffered one oiler, Hoyo Maru, heavily damaged in that area on that date. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Escort carrier Kanalku Bay, still under construction at Vancouver, Washington, United States, was renamed Marcus Island. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Flying Fish arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

6 Nov 1943 Interactive Map