The Soviets rejected a Finnish reply to armistice terms requesting further guarantees.
Ireland rejected a U.S. request that it expel Axis diplomats.
An award winning Irish army boxing team was photographed on the same day.
The Red Army made major advances on the Ukrainian front.
The Political Committee of National Liberation, Πολιτική Επιτροπή Εθνικής Απελευθέρωσης was formed. Often called the "Mountain Government", the communist body was opposed to collaborationist in Athens and the royal government in exile.
American forces captured Talasea on New Britain. On Bougainville, the Japanese took Hill 260 but lost ground to an American counterattacks elsewhere.
The Japanese attacked rear positions of the British 17th Indian Division in Burma.
U-343, U-450, U-625 and U-8459 were lost in the Atlantic.
The Fighting Seabees, which is a pretty bad movie in my view, was released.
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