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• Zhukov's 1st Ukrainian Front reached the Bug River, the start line for Operation Barbarossa that began the Russo-German war. ww2dbase [TH]
• RAF bombers attacked Stuttgart, Germany, dropping over 3,000 tons of bombs from 863 bombers, of which 36 were lost. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | TH]
• German troops gathered on the Hungarian border. ww2dbase [CPC]
• USS Tunny arrived in the Palau Islands. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
• After dark, the Japanese 15th Division crossed the Chindwin River in Burma toward India as part of the second wave of the Japanese offensive. ww2dbase [Battle of Imphal-Kohima | CPC]
• Joseph Stilwell ordered the Chinese 22nd Division to attack the ridge of Jambu Bum in northern Burma. ww2dbase [Battle of Myitkyina | CPC]
• USS Flying Fish damaged a Japanese tanker off Okinawa, Japan, hitting her with 1 of 4 torpedoes fired. She would pursue the tanker into the next day. ww2dbase [Flying Fish | CPC]
• USS Nicholas crossed the equator. ww2dbase [Nicholas | Line Crossing Ceremony | DS]

• Patrol Boat No. 102 departed Palau, Caroline Islands at 0845 hours to escort the convoy consisted of storeships Arasaki and Kitakami Maru. ww2dbase [Stewart | Palau | CPC]

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Acetylene Generation and Oxygen Manifold building turned over to station. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
• Rear Admiral J. J. Clark assumed command of carrier Task Group 58.1 built around USS Hornet (Essex-class) at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [J. J. Clark | Honolulu, Oahu | DS]

• Robert Johnson was promoted to the rank of captain. On the same day, he shot down a Fw 190 and a Bf 109 aircraft over Dümmer Lake, Germany. ww2dbase [Robert Johnson | Lembruch, Weser-Ems | CPC]

• Tirpitz began post-repair trials at Barbrudalen (Kåfjord) and Altafjord, Norway. ww2dbase [Tirpitz | Altafjord, Finnmark | CPC]

• Masafumi Arima was assigned to the aviation section of the Navy Ministry. ww2dbase [Masafumi Arima | CPC]
• Landing ship No. 102 was completed. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]

• USS Shamrock Bay was commissioned into service, Captain Frank T. Ward, Jr. in command. ww2dbase [Shamrock Bay | CPC]

• At 0830 hours, the third major Allied attempt to attack Monte Cassino, Italy began with a heavy bombardment that lasted more than three hours. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Cassino | Cassino, Lazio | TH, CPC]

• Destroyer USS Saufley departed Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville bound for Tulagi, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Saufley | Bougainville, Solomon Islands | DS]

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