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German submarine U-405 sunk with all hands in the North Atlantic
Soviet troops cut the last German land communications with the Crimea
US Marines under General Vandegrift land on Bougainville (Operation Cherryblossom)
Main Japanese attack on the New Zealand beach head at Soanotalu on Mono Island, as Japanese troops defeated on the south coast attempt to capture a landing craft and escape from the island (Operation Goodtime).