The Greek government in exile returned to Athens. The British took Santorini and Scarpanto.
Germany announced the formation of the Volkssturm with all German men not serving in the Wehrmacht liable for conscription into it if they were between 16 and 60 years of age.
The British 8th Army took Galeata.
Rommel's state funeral took place.
Austrian composer Viktor Ullmann was murdered at Auschwitz at age 46.
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Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, rather than face trial for his remote association with the July 20 plot, killed himself. He was met first by representatives of the German government and his house surrounded and given the choice between suicide with a state funeral and immunity from prosecution for his family, vs a trial. The German public was told that he died from wounds associated with an Allied strafing run on his car.
The Allies took Athens and the Piraeus. British forces landed at Corfu.
German and Italian Social Republic forces took Domodossola, Italy from partisans.
The Germans withdrew from Niš, Yugoslavia.
The 81st Infantry Division replaced the 1st Marine Division at Peleliu.
Formosa was hit again by Task Force 38. Task Force 38.4 conducted air raids on Luzon.
The Canadian frigate Magog was damaged beyond repair in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by the U-1223.
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The Port Chicago (California) Disaster occured.
From the Corps of Engineer's item above:
The British prevailed in the Second Battle of Odon.
An RAF Spitfire of the RCAF piloted by Charley Fox strafed a random German command car that turned out to be carrying Erwin Rommel. Rommel was wounded and taken out of commission for a while. His driver was killed. Kluge takes temporary command.
Fox was a humble man and upon being identified as the pilot in later years expressed regret for the killing, as he accepted the stories that Rommel was planning to participate in the July 20 plot. He worked in a shoe factory after the war and died in an automobile accident, ironically, in 2008.
The U.S. Army penetrates the perimeter of Saint-Lô
Napalm was used for the first time in an Army Air Force raid conducted by P-38s on on a fuel depot at Coutances, near Saint-Lô.
The Royal Navy attempted a raid on the Tipitz in Norway but it was unsuccessful.
The Finns prevailed in the Battles of Vuosalmi and Nietjärvi.
57,600 German prisoners of war captured by the Red Army were marched through Moscow.
Japanese Admiral Nomura replaced Shmada as Minister of the Navy.
The U-347 and U-361 were sunk by the RAF. The I-166 was sunk in the Strati of Malacca by the Royal Navy.
The British government announced a plan for the mass construction of housing following the war.
Franklin Roosevelt announced he would leave the choice of his running mate to the Democratic Convention.
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