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

• 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 [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Rabaul, New Britain | 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 [Anzio, Lazio | CPC]

• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Beppu, Japan. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Beppu, Oita | CPC]
• Landing ship No. 128 was launched. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]

• Captain Ralph Jennings relieved Captain J. J. Clark as captain of the USS Yorktown (Essex-class) at Majuro; J. J. Clark was promoted to Rear Admiral. ww2dbase [J. J. Clark | Majuro | DS]

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

• UIT-25 arrived at Penang, Straits Settlements. ww2dbase [Luigi Torelli | Penang | CPC]

• USS Ranger was floated out of drydock and departed Boston bound for Quonset Point, Rhode Island. ww2dbase [Boston Navy Yard | Ranger | Boston, Massachusetts | DS]

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