US NAVY
INTERNATIONAL—U.S. and Cuba conclude agreement for naval
and military cooperation.
PACIFIC—Submarine Growler (SS-215) sinks Japanese
merchant cargo ship Taika Maru 20 miles northwest of Keelung, Formosa,
25°31'N, 121°38'E.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
EIGHTH AF—7 B‑17’s of 29 dispatched, ineffectively raid the
Wilton shipyards at Rotterdam in bad weather. 2 Heavy Bombers seek targets of
opportunity in vicinity of Utrecht. Heavy fighter opposition is successfully
repulsed with bomber crews claiming 12 destroyed.
US ARMY MIDDLE EAST AIR FORCE—B‑24’s bomb convoys at sea,
hit other shipping, and attack Maleme airfield and Suda Bay.
FIFTH AF—A‑20’s and P‑400’s strafe and bomb positions at
Myola Lake and Efogi in Owen Stanley Range. P‑40’s and RAAF Hudsons, Beauforts,
and Beaufighters attack cruiser and destroyer 17 mi ENE of Cape Karitahua.
Organized Japanese resistance in Milne Bay sector ends.
ELEVENTH AF—3 B‑24’s patrol and bomb Kiska Harbor and camp
area and also patrol Tanaga. They are attacked by 3 sea fighters of which at
least one is downed.
US ARMY
NEW GUINEA—Organized
resistance in Milne Bay sector ceases; stragglers are eventually mopped up by
Australians. Decisive defeat of Japanese removes threat to Port Moresby from
Milne Bay area, but enemy drive along trail over Owen Stanley Range toward Port
Moresby is still unchecked.
EGYPT—General Montgomery halts battle of ‘Alam el Halfa
before original positions have been restored, leaving enemy in possession of
4–5 mile stretch of desert on S flank. Lull ensues in ground action during which
British Eighth Army prepares intensively for offensive. Deceptive measures are
taken on a comprehensive scale to conceal plans from enemy.
USSR—Soviet forces continue stubborn resistance to Army
Group B in Stalingrad area and to Army Group A in vicinity of
Novorossisk.
US MARINE CORPS
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