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• USS Wake Island was designated the flagship of Task Unit 52.2.1. ww2dbase [Wake Island | CPC]
• Heinz Guderian and Adolf Hitler argued on the Eastern Front situation; Guderian would later make note of Hitler's inability to control his rage. ww2dbase [Adolf Hitler | CPC]
• USS Sennet shared the credit of sinking two Japanese patrol boats with USS Haddock and USS Lagarto south of Japan. ww2dbase [Sennet | CPC]
• USS S-41 was decommissioned from service; John E. Gilman, Jr. was her final commanding officer. ww2dbase [S-41 | CPC]

• Indian 7th Division crossed the Irrawady River at Nyaungu, Burma. ww2dbase [Battle of Meiktila-Mandalay | Nyaungu | CPC]

• Allied firebombing raid started massive firestorms in Dresden, Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Dresden, Sachsen | TH]
• German intelligence detected a Soviet build-up that suggested a move against the eastern Pommern and Danzig-Westpreußen region of Germany (occupied Poland and Danzig). ww2dbase [East Pomeranian Offensive | CPC]

• USS Chub departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Chub | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]
• USS Corregidor arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Corregidor | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]

• Soviet troops captured Budapest, Hungary. ww2dbase [Budapest Strategic Offensive Operation | Budapest | TH]

• Patrol Boat No. 102 began receiving a new tripod foremast, a Type 22 surface radar, and a Type 13 air-search radar while in Drydock No. 4 at Kure, Hiroshima, Japan. ww2dbase [Kure Naval Arsenal | Stewart | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]

• Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Sargent Bay stopped briefly in Saipan's inner harbor to hoist aboard two OY-1 Sentinel light observation planes. ww2dbase [Sargent Bay | Saipan | DS]

• USS Bergall damaged a large Japanese warship in the South China Sea, hitting her with 1 of 6 torpedoes. ww2dbase [Bergall | South China Sea | CPC]
• USS Haddock shared the credit of sinking two small patrol craft south of Japan with her deck gun. ww2dbase [Haddock | CPC]
• Destroyer escort USS Tabberer arrived off Saipan, Mariana Islands and delivered a supply convoy. Tabberer then sailed with escort carrier USS Anzio and destroyer USS Ralph Talbot for Iwo Jima. ww2dbase [Henry Plage | Anzio | Ralph Talbot | Tabberer | Mariana Islands | DS]

• USS Nicholas departed Subic Bay, Luzon bound for Manila Bay, Luzon, Philippines. Nicholas, along with cruisers USS Phoenix and USS Boise and destroyers USS Hopewell, USS Taylor, and USS O'Bannon formed a bombardment group that shelled southern Bataan, Luzon, Philippines. The ships then returned to Subic Bay. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 2 | Phoenix | Boise | Nicholas | Bataan, Luzon | DS]

• US Far East Air Force B-25 bombers, escorted by fighters, attacked Kagi Airfield in Kagi (now Chiayi), Taiwan. ww2dbase [Kagi Airfield | Kagi, Tainan | CPC]
• US Far East Air Force B-25 bombers, escorted by fighters, attacked Kagi Airfield and other targets in Kagi (now Chiayi), Taiwan. ww2dbase [Kagi Airfield | Kagi, Tainan | CPC]

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