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German submarine U-34 lost off Memel in accident. Later rased but only briefly back in commission.
Soviet troops take Orel and Belgorod
Sweden revokes the agreement that allowed Germany to move troops and munitions through Sweden
Americans capture Munda airfield (New Georgia) ending the main phase of Operation Toenails
Vice Admiral Raymond Spruance is appointed to command the Central Pacific Force, soon renamed the Fifth Fleet.
The Quiet Admiral, A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, Thomas B. Buell. This is widely considered to be the best biography of Spruance, currently available in this reissued edition. Buell nicely contrasts Spruance with Halsey, his co-commander of the combined third and fifth fleets from 1944, as well as looking at his handling of Midway, the battle that made his name.
