The United States Army revealed the AT M-1 rocket launcher, the bazooka, to the press.
M1 bazooka.
Like the PIAT, the new anti-tank weapon was first used in North Africa, but would come into its own in Europe.
The Red Army captured Nizhyn.
Mussolini announced he was returning to power, which in the context of his situation, meant returning to figurehead power of an Italian puppet rump state. On the same day, the Germans announced the death penalty for Italians caught with firearms.
German paratroopers advanced on the Vatican at St. Peter's Square.
British paratroopers occupied Cos in the Aegean.
Former internee James Tanaka working in the New York City studio of a movie cartoon producer.
