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• US VIII Corps moved west along Brittany coast from Avranches, France. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
• Turkey severed diplomatic relations with Germany. ww2dbase [TH]
• German submarine U-804 sank American destroyer escort USS Fiske with torpedoes in the central Atlantic. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]

• USS Flier departed Fremantle, Australia for her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Leutnant Erich Sommer flew an Ar 234 V7 prototype aircraft over the Allied Normandy beachheads in France while the two Rb 50/30 cameras on board took a photograph every 11 seconds. This was the first jet aircraft reconnaissance mission in aviation history. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Nachi arrived at Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• USS Wasp arrived at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• The Soviet-sponsored 1st Polish Army established a bridgehead over the Vistula River south of Warsaw, Poland. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
• Zigeunernacht ("Gypsy Night"): 4,000 Roma were killed and cremated at Auschwitz Concentration Camp. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

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