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• Troops of the German 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" massacred 86 Belgians in retaliation of the bombing of their train by resistance fighters. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Soviet troops entered Romania. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Soviets threaten to shoot one third of all German prisoners of war if the German 1.Panzerarmee's 18 divisions would not surrender. ww2dbase [TH]
• USS Tunny departed Palau Islands. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]

• Two 75-millimeter howitzers arrived by parachute at the clearing at Hsamshingyang in Burma in crates. As soon as they were set up, Colonel Charles Hunter of US 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) ordered their usage against suspected Japanese gun positions at Kauri south of Nhpum Ga. Meanwhile, the Japanese assault on Nhpum Ga continued. ww2dbase [Battle of Myitkyina | Charles Hunter | Hsamshingyang | CPC]

• Escort carrier USS Card arrived at Casablanca, French Morocco with her load of Army aircraft and personnel. ww2dbase [Card | Casablanca | DS]

• The first B-29 bomber of US 58th Bomb Wing landed at Chakulia, near Calcutta to start working up for a new strategic bomber force equipped with B-29 bombers in India with advance bases in China from which targets in northeastern China (Manchuria) and Kyushu, Japan could be attacked. ww2dbase [Chakulia, Bihar | AC]

• British freighter Samcalia rescued 25 survivors of American Liberty Ship Richard Hovey, which was sunk by Japanese submarine I-26 in the Arabian Sea four days earlier. ww2dbase [Arabian Sea | HM]

• Nachi began a period of guard ship duty at Ominato Guard District, Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Nachi | Mutsu, Aomori | CPC]

• USS Guitarro departed Balboa, Panama Canal Zone. ww2dbase [Guitarro | Balboa | CPC]

• Roza Shanina was made the commander of the all-female 1st Sniper Platoon of the Soviet 184th Rifle Division. ww2dbase [Roza Shanina | CPC]

• General Rikichi Ando was named the governor-general of Taiwan. ww2dbase [Rikichi Ando | CPC]

• Radio Patrick, a black radio station operated by the propaganda section (S01) of SOE, ceased broadcasting from Britain. ww2dbase [Special Operations Executive | CPC]

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