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• One of the Nazi officials in Rome demanded that the Jewish community pay one hundred pounds of gold within thirty-six hours or three hundred Jews would be taken prisoner. The Vatican would open its treasury to help the Jews reach the required amount. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | CPC]
• German troops started to withdraw all forces out of Ukraine to defensive positions on the west side of the Dnieper River. ww2dbase [TH]

• Hunter-Killer Task Group 21.14 centered around escort carrier USS Card and escorts arrived in Bermuda. ww2dbase [Card | Port Royal Bay | DS]

• Patrol Boat No. 102 took on fuel, water, and provisions at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Stewart | Surabaya, Java | CPC]

• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against the port facilities at Emden, Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | RAF Thurleigh | Emden | DS]

• British 78th Infantry Division captured the major airfield complex near Foggia, Italy. ww2dbase [Operation Avalanche | Foggia Airfield Complex | Foggia, Puglia | CPC]
• German occupation administration arrested thousands of rioters in Naples, Italy; Italian resistance fighters took the opportunity to begin an armed uprising, capturing Castel Sant'Elmo by the end of the day. ww2dbase [Naples Uprising | Napoli, Campania | CPC]

• Light carrier Ryuho exited the drydocks at Kure, Japan. ww2dbase [Kure Naval Arsenal | Ryuho | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]

• USS S-44 was attacked by a Japanese aircraft, suffering no damage. ww2dbase [S-44 | CPC]

• The last German-held port on the Black Sea, Temryuk, Russia, was captured by the Red Army. ww2dbase [Caucasus Campaign | Temryuk, Krasnodar Krai | TH]

• USS Seahorse arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Midway Bases | Seahorse | Midway | CPC]

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