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• German Armeegruppe E finished its withdrawal from Greece and Albania. ww2dbase [TH]
• At least 70 Germans were killed when Norwegian saboteurs destroyed the Jørstad Bridge near Snåsa, Norway. ww2dbase [TH]
• Vice Admiral Shigeru Fukudome was named the commanding officer of the Japanese 1st Southern Expeditionary Fleet. ww2dbase [Shigeru Fukudome | CPC]
• USS Wake Island was attacked by two Japanese aircraft in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippine Islands; she shot down one, but suffered a bomb hit by the second. ww2dbase [Wake Island | CPC]

• 1st Byelorussian Front advanced toward Pillkallen, Germany (now Dobrovolsk, Russia), meeting heavy resistance from the German 3rd Panzer Army. ww2dbase [East Prussian Offensive | Pillkallen, Ostpreußen | TH]
• S-13 patrolled off the coast of Kolberg, Germany (now Kolobrzeg, Poland). ww2dbase [Alexander Marinesko | Kolberg, Pommern | CPC]

• US First Army attacked near Stavelot and Malmédy in Belgium. ww2dbase [Battle of the Bulge | TH]

• A complete Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb was found grounded near Lame Deer, Montana, United States. ww2dbase [Lame Deer, Montana | DS]

• Jack Heyn boarded a C-47 transport aircraft at Mindoro island, Philippine Islands for Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea. ww2dbase [Jack Heyn | CPC]
• As destroyer USS Saufley was escorting a convoy from Lingayen Gulf, Luzon to Leyte Gulf, Leyte, the convoy was attacked by a single Japanese special attack aircraft that narrowly missed the force flagship, USS Mount Olympus, and struck the attack transport USS Zeilin causing moderate damage. Saufley picked up one survivor. ww2dbase [Saufley | Lingayen Gulf, Luzon | DS]

• Kamoi and the rest of convoy HI-87 arrived at Hong Kong at 1100 hours. ww2dbase [Kamoi | CPC]

• Raoul Wallenberg approached troops of 7th Guards Army of Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front in Budapest, Hungary and requested to meet with Marshal Rodion Malinovsky in regards to the 7,000 Jews in Pest who were under his care. ww2dbase [Raoul Wallenberg | Budapest | CPC]

• USS Missouri and USS Tuscaloosa with USS Bailey, Bancroft and Wadsworth as escorts arrived at Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Tuscaloosa | Bailey | Missouri | Ulithi | DS]

• Aboard Submarine USS Spearfish, one of the Japanese prisoners had attempted suicide several times and was creating hazards that threatened the submarine's fighting ability. The prisoner was given a heavy dose of morphine and put over the side. Twelve hours later, Spearfish arrived at Saipan where the remaining prisoners and the USAAF airmen were disembarked. ww2dbase [Spearfish | Saipan | DS]

• Landing ship No. 140 was sunk by US aircraft at Saigon, French Indochina. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | Saigon, Cochinchine | CPC]

• Another M6A Seiran aircraft was completed by Aichi. ww2dbase [M6A Seiran | Aichi | CPC]
• Japanese Navy landing ship No. 187 was completed and was transferred to the Army as SB No. 114. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
• Japanese convoy HI-84 arrived at Moji, Fukuoka, Japan at 1725 hours. ww2dbase [Kaiyo | Awa Maru | Stewart | Moji, Fukuoka | CPC]

• USS Spot sank two Japanese trawlers with her deck gun in the East China Sea 150 kilometers southeast of Shanghai, China. ww2dbase [Spot | East China Sea | CPC]

• German V-2 rocket hit West Ham, London, England, United Kingdom, destroying two trolley buses. 15 were killed and 35 were injured. ww2dbase [Vergeltungswaffe 2 | V-Weapons Campaign | London, England | CPC]

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