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• Stutthof Concentration Camp conducted its first gassing, killing many Polish and and Byelorussian prisoners. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | CPC]
• British RAF Coastal Command commenced anti-shipping missions with strike aircraft armed with rockets. ww2dbase [AC]
• US Army troops invaded Japanese-held Woodlark Island, Trobriand Islands. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 2 | CPC]

• 60 British Lancaster bombers attacked factories at Friedrichshafen in southern Germany. Planners of the attack though they were conducting a strike on a factory producing radar parts, but in actuality it was manufacturing parts for V-2 rockets. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | Vergeltungswaffe 2 | Friedrichshafen, Württemberg-Hohenzollern | CPC]
• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against the synthetic rubber plant at Hüls, Germany in one of the biggest daylight bombing raids on the Ruhr Valley to date. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | RAF Thurleigh | Hüls | DS]

• USS Ancon arrived at Oran, French Algeria. ww2dbase [Ancon | Oran | CPC]

• Submarine USS Thresher arrived at Exmouth Gulf, Australia for refueling but had to anchor overnight due to bad weather. ww2dbase [Thresher | Exmouth Gulf | DS]

• The riot fueled by racial tension was finally under control in Detroit, Michigan, United States after three days of violence committed by both whites and African-Americans. During this period, 34 were killed (9 whites, 25 African-Americans), about 500 were wounded (about 75% African-Americans), more than 1,800 were arrested (about 80% African-Americans), and US$2,000,000 worth of damage were done to property. ww2dbase [Detroit, Michigan | CPC]

• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Truk | CPC]
• Naka departed Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Naka | Truk | CPC]

• USS Harder attacked a Japanese convoy off Japan, damaging seaplane transport Sagara Maru with 3 of 4 torpedoes. ww2dbase [Harder | CPC]

• Roza Shanina was accepted into the Vsevobuch program for universal military training. ww2dbase [Roza Shanina | CPC]

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