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• King George II of Greece declared a regency, leaving the throne vacant. ww2dbase [George II | CPC]
• I-400 was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [I-400 | CPC]
• German submarine control requested a passage report from U-869, which did not respond. ww2dbase [U-869 | CPC]
• USS Parche began her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Parche | CPC]
• USS Nicholas arrived at San Pedro Bay, Leyte, Philippines. ww2dbase [Nicholas | DS]

• Germans again attacked in the Bastogne corridor in Belgium. Meanwhile, British troops attacked Houffalize, Belgium, but they were stopped by fierce German defense. ww2dbase [Battle of the Bulge | TH]

• USS Ticonderoga departed Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Ticonderoga | Ulithi | DS]
• The US Navy Fast Carrier Task Force sortied from Ulithi, Caroline Islands for the invasion of Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 2 | Ulithi | CPC]
• USS Astoria departed Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Astoria (Cleveland-class) | Ulithi | CPC]
• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) departed Ulithi, Caroline Islands to join TF 38 in strikes in the Philippines. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Ulithi | DS]
• Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay arrived at Kossol Roads in the Palau Islands. ww2dbase [Steamer Bay | Kossol Raods, Palau | DS]

• The keel of U-3049 was laid down by AG Weser of Deschimag in Bremen, Germany. ww2dbase [Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG | U-3049 | Bremen, Weser-Ems | CPC]
• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against rail facilities in Mainz, Germany. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Mainz | DS]

• USS Charr departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Charr | Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Air Group 48 arrived on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]

• Allied troops regained most of the territory lost in Tuscany, Italy over the past few days from the latest Axis offensive. ww2dbase [Battle of Garfagnana | Toscana | CPC]

• Landing ship No. 118 was completed and was transferred to the Japanese Army. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
• Landing ship No. 146 was completed. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
• Kamoi arrived at Mutsure Jima, Yamaguchi Prefecture Japan at 1900 hours. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Mutsure Jima, Yamaguchi | CPC]

• Gato-class submarine USS Silversides and Tambor-class submarine USS Tautog arrived at Saipan, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Silversides | Tautog | Saipan | DS]

• USS Preston departed waters off Philippine Islands for Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Preston (Fletcher-class) | CPC]
• Japanese convoy HI-84 sailed past battleship-carrier Ise, battleship-carrier Hyuga, cruiser Oyodo, cruiser Ashigara, destroyer Asashimo, and destroyer Kasumi in the South China Sea in the morning. At 1157 hours, HI-84 arrived at Binhoang Bay, French Indochina. ww2dbase [Stewart | Awa Maru | Ashigara | Kaiyo | Ise | Hyuga | Oyodo | South China Sea | CPC]

• 150 female prisoners of Auschwitz Concentration Camp were employed in the demolition squad (Abbruchkommando), working on the demolition of crematorium III. 50 female prisoners worked in the forestry-demolition squad (Gehölz-Abbruchkommando), which was filling in the incineration pits and covering them with grass and planting small trees on the grounds of crematorium IV. ww2dbase [Auschwitz Concentration Camp | Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Oswiecim | CPC]

• Two YP-80A jet fighters arrived in Burtonwood, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [P-80 Shooting Star | Burtonwood, England | CPC]
• Allied convoy JW-63 departed Loch Ewe, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Loch Ewe, Scotland | CPC]

• Captain John Griggs came aboard USS St. Louis at San Pedro, California as a prospective commanding officer. ww2dbase [St. Louis | San Pedro, California | DS]

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