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• Men landed by submarine USS Barb destroyed a train in Karafuto, Japan (Kurile Islands). ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• In Moscow, Russia, the Politburo approved the sentence of death by hanging of turncoat General Andrei Vlasov who had raised two divisions of Russian volunteers to fight for the Germans. ww2dbase [AC]
• American aviators reported the presence of barrage balloons 12,000 feet above Hitachi, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Major General William Donovan, director of the OSS, offered to turn over to the Russians an entire German intelligence unit commanded by the deputy foreign chief of the Gestapo, Dr. William Höttl. Generals George Marshall and Dwight Eisenhower fumed when they heard about this unilateral gesture having despaired at cooperation with Moscow. ww2dbase [AC]

• The trial against Marshal Philippe Pétain began at Palais de Justice, Paris, France. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Air Group 10 departed. ww2dbase [Main Article | DS]

• Light carrier Hosho began preparations to depart Kure, Japan for Moji, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• I-400 departed Mutsu, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• I-401 departed Mutsu, Japan. Shortly after, she was fired upon by friendly Japanese coastal artillery on the island of Hokkaido; she was able to submerge and escaped without damage. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Springer completed her patrol of the Kii Channel between Honshu and Shikoku islands of Japan and set sail for Guam, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• A test bomb in the shape of the atomic bomb Little Boy, designated L-1, was dropped in the sea near Tinian, Mariana Islands from a B-29 bomber piloted by Paul Tibbets, to test the radar altimeter mounted on a B-29 bomber. ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | CPC]

• USS Blenny reported sinking two small Japanese craft with the deck gun in the South China Sea off Malaya. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Sea Robin sank a small Japanese vessel with her deck gun in the East China Sea. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• USS Parche arrived at Midway Atoll. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

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