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• USS Sennet shared the credit of sinking two Japanese patrol boats with USS Haddock and USS Lagarto south of Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Wake Island was designated the flagship of Task Unit 52.2.1. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Heinz Guderian and Adolf Hitler argued on the Eastern Front situation; Guderian would later make note of Hitler's inability to control his rage. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Indian 7th Division crossed the Irrawady River at Nyaungu, Burma. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Allied firebombing raid started massive firestorms in Dresden, Germany. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
• German intelligence detected a Soviet build-up that suggested a move against the eastern Pommern and Danzig-Westpreußen region of Germany (occupied Poland and Danzig). ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Chub departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

• Soviet troops captured Budapest, Hungary. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]

• USS Haddock shared the credit of sinking two small patrol craft south of Japan with her deck gun. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Bergall damaged a large Japanese warship in the South China Sea, hitting her with 1 of 6 torpedoes. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• US Far East Air Force B-25 bombers, escorted by fighters, attacked Kagi Airfield in Kagi (now Chiayi), Taiwan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• US Far East Air Force B-25 bombers, escorted by fighters, attacked Kagi Airfield and other targets in Kagi (now Chiayi), Taiwan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

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