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• Jules Bastin passed away in the Groß-Rosen Concentration Camp in Germany. ww2dbase [Jules Bastin | CPC]
• HMS King George V departed Alexandria, Egypt. ww2dbase [King George V | CPC]
• Malaya was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Malaya | CPC]
• U-869 was assigned to the German Navy 33rd Submarine Flotilla. ww2dbase [U-869 | CPC]
• Chinese troops captured Chefang, Yunnan Province, China. ww2dbase [Salween Offensive | CPC]
• USS Skipjack attacked a Japanese destroyer in the Kurile Islands; all four torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Skipjack | CPC]
• Walther Schellenberg was given command of the anti-Soviet counterintelligence units Walli I and Walli III, which he combined into Branch F of the Militärisches Amt (Mil Amt). ww2dbase [Walther Schellenberg | CPC]

• USS Astoria conducted training operations off Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Astoria (Cleveland-class) | Ulithi | CPC]

• Georgios Siantos, one of the Greek Communist ELAS leaders, began moving Andarte divisions towards Athens, Greece. Other communist leaders, having at first agreed to the offensive, then began to have second thoughts. Their indecisiveness allowing General Ronald Scobie, the Commander of British Frces in Greece, a chance to recover and, with the deployment of the British 4th Division, brought in by air, drive the communists out of Athens and ultimately to sue for peace. ww2dbase [Athens | AC]

• Hungarian Second Army was disbanded due to heavy casualties; the surviving units were incorporated into the Hungarian Third Army. ww2dbase [Budapest Strategic Offensive Operation | CPC]

• Landing ship No. 144 was completed. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]

• USS Segundo arrived on station in the Luzon Strait ww2dbase [Segundo | Luzon Strait, Philippine Sea | CPC]
• USS Preston guarded carriers while the carriers launched strikes against Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Preston (Fletcher-class) | CPC]

• USS Gunnel embarked 11 US naval aviators at Palawan, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Gunnel | Palawan | CPC]

• Heinrich Himmler ordered the crematoriums and gas chambers of Auschwitz Concentration Camp dismantled and blown up. ww2dbase [Auschwitz Concentration Camp | Heinrich Himmler | Oswiecim | CPC]

• Lieutenant General Ivan Gorbatyuk was named the head of the Soviet Directorate of the NKVD Troops for Guarding the Rear of the Red Army. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Takao Naval Air Group was established at Takao Guard District in southern Taiwan. ww2dbase [Takao Guard District | Takao | CPC]
• Patrol Boat No. 102 departed Takao, Taiwan at 0317 hours as an escort for convoy HI-83 consisted of tankers Kyokuun Maru, Seishin Maru, Harima Maru, Toa Maru, Eisho Maru, and Miri Maru. ww2dbase [Stewart | Takao | CPC]

• Charles McGee returned to the United States. ww2dbase [Charles McGee | CPC]

• USS Proteus departed Midway Atoll. ww2dbase [Proteus | Midway | CPC]

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