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• Erwin Rommel was promoted to the rank of Generalmajor. ww2dbase [Erwin Rommel | CPC]
• Sims was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Sims | CPC]
• Crown Prince Yi Un was made the commanding officer of the Japanese 2nd Brigade. ww2dbase [Yi Un | CPC]

• Edmund Herring was promoted to the rank of temporary colonel and was given command of the Australian 3rd Division Artillery. ww2dbase [Edmund Herring | CPC]

• The Chinese 18th Squadron was relocated to Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Chongqing | CPC]
• Colonel Katsumura Fukujirou was named the commanding officer of Japanese Unit 516 chemical weapons research unit based in Qiqihar, Nenjiang Province, China. ww2dbase [Qiqihar, Nenjiang | CPC]

• The keel of Herbert Norkus was laid down by Blohm und Voss in Hamburg, Germany. ww2dbase [Blohm und Voss | Herbert Norkus | Hamburg | CPC]
• U-23 was detached from the 1st Submarine Flotilla. ww2dbase [U-23 | CPC]

• Hiroshi Nemoto was attached to the Army Chief of Staff in Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Hiroshi Nemoto | Tokyo | CPC]
• Kanemasa Akiyama was named the Chief of Research Section of Narashino Chemical Warfare School in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Kanemasa Akiyama | Narashino, Chiba | CPC]

• German Ambassador to Britain Herbert von Dirksen reported to the Foreign Ministry in Berlin, Germany that the British-Soviet talks did not seem to be proceeding well. ww2dbase [Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact | London, England | CPC]

• Admiral Harold Stark was appointed Chief of Naval Operations of the United States Navy. ww2dbase [Harold Stark | AC]

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