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• Engstrom was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Cod was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Hoe sank a Japanese ship, hitting her with 3 out of 4 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Scorpion arrived off Takarajima, Tokara Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Himmler ordered the liquidation of all Jewish ghettos in all Soviet territories controlled by Germany. On the same day, the Lvov Ghetto in Poland was liquidated; 10,000 to 20,000 Jews were massacred. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• RAF bombers attacked Krefeld in the Ruhr region of Germany. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
• Orde Wingate arrived in Delhi, India and met with various British officers. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Takeo Takagi was named the commanding officer of the Japanese Navy 6th Fleet, which was centered around submarines. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Chuichi Nagumo was named the commanding officer of the Kure Naval District. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• In Operation Toenails, US 4th Marine Raider Battalion was dispatched to Segi, New Georgia to assist coast watchers in the area who were threatened by a Japanese advance. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH, CPC]

• Naka arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• Light carrier Ryuho arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• Destroyer Yukikaze arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Gabriel Puaux was made the Resident-General of French Morocco, replacing Charles Hippolyte Noguès. ww2dbase [CPC]

• USS Whale arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

• USS Luce was commissioned into service with Commander Donald C. Varian in command. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

21 Jun 1943 Interactive Map