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• I-168 departed Shortland Islands in the Soloman Islands. ww2dbase [I-68 / I-168 | CPC]
• Polish resistance group ZOB attacked German occupation troops in the Jewish ghetto in Czestochowa, which resulted in failure. 251 were killed while a number of others were arrested and deported. ww2dbase [CPC]
• For the delay in carrying out anti-Semitic policies ordered by Rome, mayors of Florence and Padua in Italy were fired by the Fascist Party. ww2dbase [CPC]
• The US Army 161st Infantry, the US 6th Marine Regiment, and the headquarters of the US 2nd Marine Division arrived at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | CPC]
• Hartwig von Ludwiger stepped down as the commanding officer of 83rd Jäger Regiment. ww2dbase [Hartwig von Ludwiger | CPC]

• American cruisers and destroyers bombarded the Japanese airfield at Munda Point, New Georgia in the Solomon Islands after sundown and into the next day. ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | Munda Point, New Georgia | CPC]

• Yugure completed a convoy escort mission to Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Yugure | Truk | CPC]

• Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz was executed by a Nazi firing squad near Athens, Greece. ww2dbase [Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz | Athens | JR]

• Allied convoy JW-51B arrived in the Kola Inlet near Murmansk, Russia. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Murmansk | CPC]
• Soviet troops captured Morozovskaya Airfield, Rostov Oblast, Russia. Commanding officer of KG 55 Oberstleutnant Ernst Kühl and his small staff destroyed various equipment and supply dumps before evacuating. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Morozovskaya, Rostov | CPC]

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