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• Germans evacuated Voronezh and Armavir in southern Russia. ww2dbase [Caucasus Campaign | TH]
• In his Order of the Day, Stalin claimed that Soviet troops had routed 102 enemy divisions in two month's fighting. ww2dbase [Joseph Stalin | TH]
• The US Composite Army-Marine Division made contact with the US Army 25th Army Division near Kokumbona, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | CPC]
• Commander Kiyoshi Tomura was made the commanding officer of Tanikaze. ww2dbase [Tanikaze | CPC]

• Repair ship Akashi began repairing light cruiser Nagara at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]

• Submarine USS Spearfish arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i and concluded her sixth war patrol. ww2dbase [Spearfish | Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | DS]

• Italian Air Force Assault Engineer Battalion's composition was defined as having one headquarters company and three companies each with two officers, three non-commissioned officers, and 24 enlisted men. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Tatsuta Maru departed Sasebo, Japan. ww2dbase [Tatsuta Maru | Sasebo, Nagasaki | CPC]

• Cruisers USS Nashville, USS Helena (St. Louis-class), Honolulu and USS St. Louis with destroyers USS Drayton, USS Lamson, and USS Hughes arrived at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. ww2dbase [Walden Ainsworth | Helena (St. Louis-class) | Honolulu | St. Louis | Nashville | Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo | DS]

• USS Whale damaged Japanese tanker Syoyo Maru between Truk, Caroline Islands and Japan, hitting her with 1 of 3 torpedoes fired. She suffered light damage from the subsequent depth charging. ww2dbase [Whale | CPC]
• USS Wahoo departed waters near Wewak, Australian New Guinea for Palau Islands. ww2dbase [Wahoo | CPC]

• The remnants of the German 6.Armee were split in two pockets, north and south, in Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | TH]

25 Jan 1943 Interactive Map