Paulus was promoted to the rank of Field Marshall and ordered to fight to the death.
Karl Dönitz was promoted Commander of the German Navy.
The RAF bombed Berlin in a rare daylight raid timed to disrupt commemorative speeches marking the tenth anniversary of Hitler becoming Chancellor, hitting Berlin with Mosquitos at 11:00 and 4:00.
The Vichy French formed the Milice Française, a right wing militia that served as a fascist paramilitary police. Over 25,000 Frenchmen would join the organization.
The formation of the Milice, along with the German actions of this day, demonstrated an Axis doubling down on things even as their defeat in Europe was becoming increasingly obvious.
The Japanese forced a U.S. withdrawal in the Battle of Rennell Island, thereby protecting their evacuation of Guadalcanal.
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