Operation Mike, the major US landing on Luzon, commenced. The Battle of Bessang Pass commenced. The Japanese did not contest the 6th Army landings, but did strike back that night.
The U-679 was sunk in the Baltic by the Soviet MO-124. The U-1055 sank four ships in the Irish Sea.
British armor of a Scot's unit in Belgium, January 9, 1945.
US troops digging a foxhole in Belgium. Behind them is a Browning M2HB mounted on an antiaircraft tripod.
Evacuating the wounded in Belgium, January 9, 1945.
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