North Africa. In Tunisia Wehrmacht ground forces gained some
ground South West of Pont du Fahs.
The first Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins.
In Libya. The British Eighth Army advancing on Tripoli passed
through Misurata and reached Zliten. Castel Benito airbase
again heavily bombed.
Russian Front. Soviet troops occupied Sinyavino and Schlüsselburg
and Russian officials announce that the Soviet ground forces
has broken the Wehrmacht's siege of Leningrad as part of Operation
Iskra, opening a narrow land corridor to the city. Georgy
Zhukov is promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union.
In Australasia. Sanananda village in Papua captured by Allied
troops.
Twelfth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-17
Flying Fortress heavy bombers, with fighters escort, bomb
Castel Benito airfield. B-26 Marauder medium bombers attack
2 vessels in Gulf of Hammamet. Fighters fly reconnaissance
and patrols and escort C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft runs.
Ninth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-24
Liberator heavy bombers strike Tripoli harbour. P-40 fighters
fly top cover and fighter-bomber mission. General Montgomery
orders accelerated day and night pursuit toward Tripoli as
contact with Rommel's forces is temporarily lost due to terrain
and obstacles.
Tenth Air Force. 8 United States Army Air Force (USAAF) P-40
fighters and a B-25 Mitchell medium bombers strike Kamaing.
Fifth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF) B-25
Mitchell medium bombers bomb motor pool and supply dumps at
Lae. B-24 Liberator heavy bombers, operating individually,
bomb Madang and Malahang airfields and attack cargo ship Southeast
of Rambutyo Island.
Thirteenth Air Force. United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers, P-38 Lightning fighters,
and P-40 fighters attack shipping at Shortland Island, bomb
Ballale Island, and attack Schooner South of Santa Isabel.
Hits are scored on 2 vessels.
Eleventh Air Force. A United States Army Air Force (USAAF)
B-24 Liberator heavy bombers on reconnaissance reports 2 vessels
in Kiska Harbour. Thereupon 4 B-24 Liberator heavy bombers,
4 B-26 Marauder medium bombers, 1 B-25 Mitchell medium bombers,
and 6 P-38 Lightning fighters fly out of Adak. Mechanical
trouble forces 2 B-26 Marauder medium bombers to return. Bomb
run is negative. Meanwhile bad weather closes in on Kiska
and Adak. 6 aircraft are lost. 1 B-24 Liberator heavy bombers
lands in a 20 miles per hour downwind and crashes into 2 P-38
Lightning fighters while 3 other B-24 Liberator heavy bombers
are missing on return flight.
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2194 Days Of War.
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