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• During the night, 15 Soviet bombers attacked German battleship Tirpitz to little effect. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Snook fired four torpedoes at a Japanese patrol craft; all torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• The Korsun pocket in Ukraine received a blistering bombardment by Soviet forces as an inducement to surrender. ww2dbase [TH]
• Winston Churchill wrote to Harold Alexander, urging him to order the field generals at Anzio, Italy to be more aggressive. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• 59 SBD dive bombers, 24 TBF torpedo bombers, and 99 fighters attacked Vunakanau Airfield at Rabaul, New Britain. This attack was followed by another attack on Vunakanau Airfield by 24 B-25 bombers escorted by 20 fighters. Finally, a third attack wave with 21 B-24 bombers escorted by 28 fighters which targeted both Vunakanau Airfield and Tobera Airfield. Vunakanau's runways were hit by two 2,000-pound bombs by B-24 bombers. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• The Allies turned over control of southern Italy to the Italian royal government. ww2dbase [TH]
• German 4.Fallschirmjäger Division, with a Italian parachute regiment within its ranks, arrived at Anzio, Italy. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Beppu, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• Landing ship No. 128 was launched. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Permit damaged a Japanese cruiser in the Pacific Ocean, hitting her with 1 of 4 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

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