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• The Bulgarian government approached the Western Allies for terms of surrender. ww2dbase [TH]
• USS Guitarro sank frigate Awaii off Taiwan in the early morning, hitting her with three of the six torpedoes fired. At the end of the day, she claimed sinking a Japanese destroyer, hitting her with one of the two torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Guitarro | CPC]
• Shunroku Hata was promoted to the rank of field marshal. ww2dbase [Shunroku Hata | CPC]
• Destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Hopewell, USS O'Bannon, and USS Taylor arrived at the point of interception and began searching for the formation of Japanese ships approaching from the north. ww2dbase [Nicholas | DS]

• USS Hoe arrved at Fremantle, Australia, ending her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Hoe | Fremantle, Western Australia | CPC]

• USS Cero arrived at Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands, ending her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Cero | Manus, Admiralty Islands | CPC]

• Lieutenant Colonel George McGee, Jr. requested 2nd Battalion of US 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) to be relieved and be evaluated from Myitkyina, Burma to India. Both Colonel Charles Hunter and Brigadier General Haydon Boatner agreed. ww2dbase [George McGee | Charles Hunter | Battle of Myitkyina | Myitkyina | CPC]

• Five Chinese-American Composite Wing (Provisional) P-40N fighters from Ankang Airfield in Shaanxi Province, China escorted seven bomb-laden P-40N fighter-bombers of 7th Fighter Squadron of CACW on a mission to attack the Japanese airfield and rail station at Zhengzhou, Henan, China. 7 Ki-44 fighters of the Japanese 9th Sentai rose to intercept, shooting down 5. Zang Xilan, leader of the group from Ankang, claimed one Ki-43 and one Ki-44 aircraft over Bawangcheng; he was given credit for the Ki-44 downing. ww2dbase [Ankang Airfield | Zang Xilan | Ankang, Henan | CPC]

• Typhoon fighter-bombers of No. 98 and No. 609 Squadrons RAF attacked and destroyed the enemy radar station at Dieppe/Caudecotein France as an important prelude to the Normandy Invasion; this installation would have given the Germans advance warning of the Allied invasion fleet. ww2dbase [Normandy Campaign, Phase 1 | AC]
• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against rail facilities at Massy, France. ww2dbase [Bombing of Cities in France and Low Countries | RAF Thurleigh | Massy | DS]

• Escort carrier USS Bogue and her task group departed Casablanca, French Morocco and resumed their Central Atlantic patrol. ww2dbase [Bogue | Casablanca | DS]

• US suttle-bombing between Italy and the USSR (Operation Frantic) began. Under command of Lieutenant General Ira C Eaker, 130 B-17s, escorted by 70 P-51s, bombed the railway marshalling yard at Debreczen (Debrecen), Hungary and landed in the Soviet Union; the B-17s at Poltava and Myrhorod, the P-51s at Pyriatyn. 1 B-17 was lost over the target. ww2dbase [B-17 Flying Fortress | P-51 Mustang | Operation Frantic | Ira Eaker | Debreczen | DS]

• Major General Nobuo Tanaka ordered a final attack at Imphal, India despite overwhelming odds. Near Kohima to the north, Japanese troops evacuated from the village of Naga. ww2dbase [Battle of Imphal-Kohima | Imphal, Manipur | CPC]

• Allied forces overran the German Caesar C Line south of Rome, Italy; Adolf Hitler ordered Albert Kesselring that the Italian capital would be abandoned. ww2dbase [Battle of Anzio | Rome | CPC]

• Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides bound for Pago Pago, American Samoa. ww2dbase [Steamer Bay | Pallikulo Bay, Espiritu Santo | DS]

• Secret peace talks began between Romania and the Soviet Union in Stockholm, Sweden. ww2dbase [Jassy-Kishinev Offensive and Romania's Surrender | Stockholm | TH]

• Two midget submarines (X-20 and X-23) set off from England, United Kingdom to sail submerged across the English Channel to the French Normandy coast where they would position themselves ready to guide the invasion fleet with coloured lights as navigation beacons. ww2dbase [Normandy Campaign, Phase 1 | AC]

• USS Escolar was commissioned into service with Commander W. J. Millican in command. ww2dbase [Escolar | CPC]

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