In Germany The objective is to boost production of Me and Fw fighters to unprecedented levels. Many new assembly lines are to be established in salt mines and tunnels.
Plans for large-scale production of the Me are abandoned. In the Admiralty Islands On Los Negros, US forces eliminate some small Japanese forces that infiltrated their lines during the night. Over Occupied France From Washington Lend-Lease aid to Turkey is cut off because it is reluctant to join the war on the Allied side or make any other contribution to the war effort.
Meanwhile, the American forces already on the island capture Momote airfield with fire support from destroyers offshore. In Italy The German 14th Army goes over to the defensive after this failure. A night attack by the Japanese garrison on Los Negros is defeated by American forces. On the Eastern Front Soviet forces launch a new series of attacks in the Ukraine. The forces of 1st Ukrainian Front Zhukov attack from the north and east of Tarnopol.
These guns have hampered American access to Seeadler Bay. In Burma Izyaslav, Yampol and Ostropol are captured in the area of Shepetovka. In New Guinea There is almost no Japanese opposition.
Destroyers escorting a further American reinforcements provide fire support for the advance. Over Germany US heavy bombers raid Berlin for the first time. A force of bombers is sent and 69 are lost. The Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front Malinovski launches a new offensive.
