26 Aug 1943




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- USS Tunny attacked two Japanese transports with five torpedoes near Toagel Mlungui Pass in the Palau Islands at mid-morning. The subsequent depth charge attack caused a fire in the maneuvering room, causing a momentary loss of power and later causing the submarine to dive uncontrollably. In the early evening she surfaced for repairs, which would last for two days. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
- The minesweeper USS Arcade was transferred to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease Act. ww2dbase [AC]
- Maximilian von Weichs was made the commanding officer of German Armeegruppe F with headquarters in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. ww2dbase [Maximilian von Weichs | CPC]
- USS Bailey arrived at San Diego, California. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]
- Shortly after midnight, destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Chevalier, USS O’Bannon, USS Taylor, and USS Pringle made a nighttime patrol through Vella Gulf, Solomon Islands but encountered no shipping. ww2dbase [Nicholas | Pringle | Solomon Islands Campaign | DS]
- Destroyers USS Saufley, USS Renshaw, and USS Cony covered LSTs off the landing beaches at Barakoma, Vella Lavella and fended off Japanese air attacks. ww2dbase [Saufley | Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands | DS]
- Five B-25 bombers of US 14th Air Force, escorted by 11 P-40 fighters, attacked Tianhe Airfield in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China; the US bombers and fighters together claimed five Japanese Zero fighters shot down. ww2dbase [Tianhe Airfield | Guangzhou, Guangdong | CPC]
- Albert Speer called a meeting with Hans Kammler, Walter Dornberger, Gerhard Degenkolb, and Karl Otto Saur to negotiate the move of V-2 (A-4) rocket main production from Peenemünde Army Research Center on the Baltic Sea coast to an underground factory in the Harz mountains deeper inland. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | Peenemünde Army Research Center | Vergeltungswaffe 2 | CPC]
- Otto Skorzeny arrived at La Maddalena, Italy via E-boats. Later that day, he learned that Mussolini had just been transported away. ww2dbase [Operation Eiche | La Maddalena, Sardinia | CPC]
- USS Whale attacked a Japanese destroyer south of Japan; all 4 torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Whale | CPC]
- The French Committee of National Liberation headed by General de Gaulle, which was based in Britain, was recognised by Britain, the United States and Russia. ww2dbase [London, England | AC]
- Destroyer Stord was commissioned into service with Lieutenant Commander Skule Storheill in command. ww2dbase [Stord | Cowes, England | DS]
- The keel of submarine Charr was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, United States. ww2dbase [Electric Boat Company | Charr | Groton, Connecticut | CPC]




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