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Stalingrad
Last airfield at Stalingrad is taken by Red Army forces ensuring that the Luftwaffe will be unable to supply German troops any further . Hitler still demands that Friedrich Paulus continue the fight.
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Battle of Bismarck Sea
Battle of the Bismarck Sea. U.S. and Australian naval forces over the course of three days sink eight Japanese troop transports near New Guinea.
Heinz Guderian becomes the Inspector General of the Armoured Troops for the German Army. -
Battle of Empress
In the early morning hours , American and Japanese ships fight the inconclusive Battle of Empress Augusta Bay off Bougainville . but the Japanese are unable to land reinforcements. -
Allies and Axis
The Germans conduct a highly successful Air Raid on Bari, Italy. One of the German bombs hits an Allied cargo ship carrying mustard gas releasing the chemical which killed 83 Allied soldiers. Over 1000 other soldiers died in the raid.
