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• Kapitän zur See Theodor Burchardi took command of cruiser Köln. ww2dbase [Köln | CPC]
• Erwin Rommel was promoted to the rank of Oberst. ww2dbase [Erwin Rommel | CPC]
• Largo Caballero was removed from the leadership of the UGT (Union General de Trabajadores, or "Socialist Trades Union") in Spain. ww2dbase [AC]

• USS Stewart reported Chinese aerial bombs, intended for Japanese warships operating nearby, detonated near the American ship at Shanghai, China. ww2dbase [Stewart | Shanghai | CPC]

• Maximilian von Weichs was made the commanding officer of German 13th Corps. ww2dbase [Maximilian von Weichs | CPC]
• Kapitänleutnant Dietrich von der Ropp was made the commanding officer of U-12, replacing Hans Pauckstadt. ww2dbase [U-12 | CPC]
• Kapitänleutnant Otto Kretschmer was named the commanding officer of U-23, relieving Kapitänleutnant Hans-Günther Looff. ww2dbase [U-23 | CPC]

• Rear Admiral Clark H. Woodward was named the commanding officer of New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York, United States. ww2dbase [New York Navy Yard | Brooklyn, New York | CPC]

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