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German submarine U-738 sunk after colliding with a merchantman off Gotenhafen (Gdynia)
German submarines U-1224 enters the Japanese Navy as RO-501
Eisenhower establishes SHAEF headquarters
Soviet troops capture Korsun
Allied troops attack Green Island. The fall of the island isolates Japanese troops in the Solomons
Americal Division's artillery replaces the last Marine Corps artillery on Bougainville, completing the transfer from Marine to Army responsibility on the island.