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• German submarine U-202 sank British ships Flynderborg (3 were killed, 21 survived) and Gretavale (38 were killed, 6 survived) of Allied convoy SC-52 200 miles northeast of Newfoundland at 0500 hours. At 1828 hours, U-203 attacked the same convoy, sinking British ships Everoja (all 41 aboard survived) and Empire Gemsbuck (all 43 aboard survived). ww2dbase [CPC]
• In Russia, German Panzer Army 2 attacked Tula while other German units captured Kursk 180 miles to the southwest to protect the southern flank of the assault toward Moscow. ww2dbase [Battle of Moscow | TH]
• American PBY Catalina aircraft provided air cover for Atlantic convoy ON 31. ww2dbase [PBY Catalina | CPC]
• American destroyer Upshur, escorting convoy HX 157, depth charged sound contact. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Chief of the Japanese Naval General Staff Admiral Osami Nagano approved the draft plan for the attack on Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. On the other side of the international date line, Joseph Rochefort's cryptanalytic team of the US Navy in Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii was realizing that the Japanese were inflating the amount of radio traffic. ww2dbase [Attack on Pearl Harbor | Detailed Timetable | CPC]
• Heinz Guderian noted in his diary that the first cold wave had hit Russia, bringing temperature to the freezing point. ww2dbase [Heinz Guderian | CPC]
• The Japanese plan to occupy Rabaul, Bismarck Islands and to transform it into a forward base was presented to Emperor Showa. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 1, Bismarck Islands | CPC]

• Hans-Joachim Marseille was awarded the silver Honor Cup (Ehrenpokal) in Germany. ww2dbase [Hans-Joachim Marseille | CPC]

• Zuikaku arrived at Ariake Sea, southwestern Japan. ww2dbase [Zuikaku | , Ariake Sea | CPC]

• Soviet submarine ShCh-214 sank Turkish schooner Kaynakdere with gunfire in the Black Sea. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Allied convoy QP-2 departed Arkhangelsk, Russia. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Arkhangelsk | CPC]

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