U.S.S.R.: Minsk: 12,000 Jews are slaughtered and buried in mass graves outside the city.

Soviet submarine S-56 commissioned.

JAPAN: The Combined Fleet Operations Order No. 2 states, "This order was issued by Commander-in-Chief, Combined Fleet, after he had received verbal notification from Chief, Naval General Staff, that 8 December had been tentatively selected as "Y" Day."

ATLANTIC OCEAN: U-74 sank SS Nottingham.

USN destroyers USS Lansdale (DD-426), Charles F. Hughes (DD-428), and Glea escorting convoy ON-30 (U.K. to North America), make depth charge attacks on a sound contact. Destroyer USS Madison (DD-425) sights a bleeding whale soon thereafter, leading to the conclusion that the warships had attacked a large marine mammal.

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November 7th, 1942 (SATURDAY)

UNITED KINGDOM: London: As Britain prepares to ring out the bells for victory, one man's name is on everyone's lips. "Monty" is the general who gave El Alamein to a country desperate for success. "Monty" is the hero.

Until now, Bernard Montgomery has been completely unknown to the British public. Today his picture occupies pride of place on every front page. Future war historians may question many of his decisions at Alamein, but few would dare to do so in Britain today. For the first time since the agonies of Dunkirk, Singapore and Tobruk, the country has a winner. Rommel is on the run - thanks to "good old Monty". Alamein was won by meticulous planning and Montgomery's insistence on retraining the Eighth Army and ensuring that every man taking part in the battle knew exactly what was expected of him. From the moment that he arrived in Egypt, he was everywhere - planning, bullying, hectoring, cajoling, inspiring his troops and firing any officer whom he regarded as "defensive minded". He woos his troops with care, wearing at least three regimental badges on his array of hats - although he seems now to have settled for the black beret of the Royal Tank Corps.

The 556 paratroopers of Colonel Edson Raff's Second Battalion, the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, take off from Cornwall aboard 39 C-47 transports for the American airborne's first mission. They are destined for French North Africa in the vanguard of Operation Torch. They are setting out on the longest journey for an airborne division that has ever been tried, flying 1600 miles to two airstrips near Oran, Algeria, which they are to seize.

Many of the planes become lost and miss their objective, and when Colonel Raff bails out, he smashes into a large rock, breaking two ribs. He is 35 miles from his destination, the Tafaraoui airstrip. By the time that the paratroopers get there by jeep, it will already have been taken by seaborne troops.

GERMANY: RAF Bomber Command medium bombers attack Duisburg and Gelden.

GIBRALTAR: General Giraud arrives aboard the British submarine  Seraph. He is to meet General Eisenhower. Giraud has been chosen by the  Allies to minimize French resistance. He believes he will take command of  the whole operation. This difference of opinion is unfortunate and while  causing much worry on the Allied side, is of little practical consequence.

A major section of Seraph's conning tower and a couple of its instruments are now a permanent memorial on the grounds of the famous South Carolina Military Academy known as "The Citadel". It is there because the American officer who led the pickup effort was a graduate of that institution, which ranks with the Virginia Military Institute, Norwich (Connecticut), Texas A and M, and West Point as producers of fine Army officers. The monument is the only place in the United States that permanently flies a White Ensign, which is ceremonially replaced annually by an RN delegation from the British Embassy in Washington DC.

MEDITERRANEAN SEA: The Operation TORCH invasion armada from U.S. and U.K. closes in along the northern African coast. The U.S. transport USS Thomas Stone (AP-29) is torpedoed about 150 miles from Algiers and disabled; troops aboard are transferred to landing boats but do not reach Algiers until after its surrender.

EGYPT: Allied troops enter Mersa Matruh, which has been deserted by the Germans. The British Eighth Army's pursuit of Axis forces is delayed in the Matruh area as heavy rainfall immobilizes supporting vehicles. The Axis forces seize the opportunity to withdraw some forces. By this time, four German and eight Italian divisions are ineffective as fighting units. The British have taken 30,000 prisoners, among them nine generals.

LIBYA: Italian submarine R. Smg Antonio Sciesa is sunk by USAAF aircraft off Tobruk.

INDIAN OCEAN: The 5,642 ton U.S. freighter SS La Salle is torpedoed and sunk with all hands (including 13 Armed Guard) by German submarine U-159 about 394 nautical miles (730 kilometers) south-southeast of the Cape Town, South Africa, in position 40.00S, 21.30E. When the merchantman, which is carrying ammunition, explodes, the cataclysmic blast rains debris on her U-boat's decks nearby, wounding three German submariners.

CHINA: Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell, Commander in Chief US China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater of Operations, Chief of Staff to Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and Commander in Chief Northern Area Combat Command (NCAC) in Burma, with the approval of Chinese Foreign Minister T. V. Soong, sends for Major General Raymond Wheeler, head of the Services of Supply, CBI Theater, to survey the Chinese supply situation in preparation for projected campaign in spring of 1943.

NEW GUINEA: USAAF Fifth Air Force A-20 Havocs bomb and strafe forces at Kakandeta in the Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea while B-25 Mitchells attack seaplanes at Lasonga Island.

PACIFIC OCEAN: Battle of Santa Cruz Island. USS Hornet (CV-8) lost and USS Enterprise (CV-6) badly damaged. (Robert K. Wear)

SOLOMON ISLANDS: Guadalcanal: US troops attack at Koli Point.

On Guadalcanal, the Army's 164th Infantry Regiment enveloping force completes their northward movement along the east bank of the Nalimbiu River to Koli Point and joins the 7th Marine Regiment. The combined force then moves east along coast without opposition to within a mile (1,6 kilometers) of the Metapona River.

     Seven Marine SBD Dauntlesses and three Navy TBF Avengers escorted by 21 Marine F4F Wildcats and nine USAAF P-39 Airacobras from Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, attack a Japanese convoy, damaging destroyers HIJMS Naganami and Takanami. The 12 transports in the convoy are carrying 12,000 Japanese troops of the 38th Division for Japan's fourth attempt to take Henderson Field, Guadalcanal.

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO: USAAF Fifth Air Force B-25 Mitchells attack shipping at Maklo Island off the south coast of New Britain Island.

TERRITORY OF ALASKA: ALEUTIAN ISLANDS: Six USAAF Eleventh Air Force B-24 Liberators and two B-26 Marauders attack the submarine base in Japanese-held Kiska Island Harbor, slightly damaging float fighters and a seaplane beached by a storm; a B-17 Flying Fortress flies reconnaissance over the airfield west of Holtz Bay on Japanese-held Attu Island, and bombs the submarine base and a previously-damaged freighter in Gertrude Cove on Kiska Island.

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EUROPE: ETO: The 78th FG flies VIII Fighter Command's first group double escort mission with A and B fighter formations.

The B-17 "Hard Luck" had a serial number ending in "13". It arrived at Thorpe Abbotts on Friday, 13 Aug. 1943. It was assigned to the "hard luck" 100th BG (H). While not superstitious, the crew had second thought when, on mission "13", they found their plane parked on hardstand "13". The mission to Duren turned out to be a milk run.

8th AF fighter losses:

20th FG: Maj. John C. Wilkins, HQ Sqnd., KIA P-38H LC*42-67022 Took off late and was never seen again.

Capt. Herbert W. Cumming, 79 FS, KIA P-38H MC*F 42-67039 Hit by an Fw-190 and went down over the Channel.

56th FG: F/O Robert E. Sheehan, 63 FS, MIA-Evaded P-47D UN*C 42-7985 Mechanical failure near Doesburg.

355th FG: Lt. Edwin O. Carlson, 357 FS, KIA P-47D OS*Q 42-7984 "On the Ball" Collided with Lt. Westphal near Montdidier.

Lt. James A. Westphal, 357 FS, POW P-47D OS*L 42-8370 "Albama Bound" Collided with Lt. Carlson near Montdidier.

Capt. Walter H. Kossack, 358 FS, POW P-47D YF*X 42-8477 Ran out of fuel and bellied in near the French coast.

Lt. William E. Roach, 358 FS, POW P-47D YF*U 42-22490 "Beetle" Ran out of fuel and landed at Caen.

F/O Chester W. Watson, 358 FS/ KIA P-47D YF*Z 42-8629 Ran out of fuel and bailed out over the English Channel. (Skip Guidry)

FRANCE: Over 200 USAAF Ninth Air Force B-26 Marauders dispatched to attack airfields at Montdidier and Meulan-Les Mureaux are forced to abort the mission because of bad weather. The B-26s are escorted by 54 P-38 Lightnings and 49 P-47 Thunderbolts of the USAAF Eighth Air Force; two P-38s are lost.

GERMANY: The USAAF Eighth Air Force's VIII Bomber Command flies Mission 124. Three targets in Germany are hit without loss. Poor weather restricts operations: 54 B-17 Flying Fortresses bomb the Wesel industrial area at 1124-1125 hours; 38 B-17s hit the industrial area at Duren at 1114 hours and 20 hit Randerath, the secondary target, at 1114-1125 hours.

     The 78th Fighter Group flies VIII Fighter Command's first group double escort mission with A and B fighter formations. The B-17 "Hard Luck" had a serial number ending in "13." It arrived at Thorpe Abbotts, Norfolk, England, on Friday, 13 August 1943 and was assigned to the "hard luck" 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy). While not superstitious, the crew had second thought when, on mission "13," they found their plane parked on hardstand "13." The mission to Duren turned out to be a milk run. (Skip Guidry)

     During the night of 7/8 November, four RAF Bomber Command Mosquitos bomb the blast furnaces at Bochum.

U.S.S.R.: The Soviet advance reaches Fastov, 40 miles west of Kiev, where  the Germans have a quickly positioned defence line.

The commander of the 44th Soviet Army is captured when he drives accidentally into the German frontline at Nikopol.

ALBANIA: Northwest African Tactical Bomber Force bombers bomb Durazzo during the night of 7/8 November.

YUGOSLAVIA: Northwest African Tactical Bomber Force bombers bombs the town of Ulcinj. XII Air Support Command and other fighters of the Northwest African Tactical Air Force hit the harbor and shipping at Split and a train near Metkovic.

ITALY: The U.S. Fifth Army continues to battle the Germans in the mountains of the Winter Line but makes little headway. In the VI Corps sector, the 34th Infantry Division organizes Task Force A under Brigadier General Benjamin F. Caffey, consisting of the 135th Infantry Regiment and supporting units, for a drive on Montaquila.

     Northwest African Tactical Bomber Force bombers hit gun position along the British Eighth and U.S. Fifth Army fronts and shipping in Ancona harbor. The USAAF Twelfth Air Forceâ's XII Air Support Command attacks bridges, road junctions, town area, and trucks in the Mignano-Cassino and Pontecorvo areas.

LEBANON's claims to independence are denied by the Free French, causing tension with Anglo-Americans. (Glenn Steinberg)

BURMA: In the British Fourteenth Army's IV Corps area, the Japanese are becoming aggressive in the Chin Hills and occupy Falam.

CEYLON: Headquarters South East Asia Command (SEAC) adopts Operation TARZAN, the India-based portion of general offensive in Burma, now called Operation CHAMPION. Operation TARZAN calls for a limited offensive on Burma’s Arakan coast for Akyab; a drive from Imphal to the Chindwin River.; the establishment of a division on the railroad to Myitkyina; amphibious operation against the Andaman Islands in the eastern part of the Bay of Bengal.

NEW GUINEA: In Northeast New Guinea, nine USAAF Fifth Air Force B-25 Mitchells bomb Wewak and 40+ others turn back when the fighter escort is intercepted by Japanese aircraft over Nadzab. Japanese enemy aircraft attack Nadzab and Bena Bena; 16 U.S. aircraft are destroyed or damaged by the raids but 14 airplanes are shot down by U.S. fighters.

SOLOMON ISLANDS: US carriers, Saratoga (CV-3) and Princeton (CVL-23) of TF 38, are attacked by 100 Japanese  aircraft, 240 miles SE of Rabaul but they emerge unscathed.
 A battalion of Japanese troops are landed north of the the US beachhead on Bougainville and  begins a fierce fight.

On Bougainville Island, the American beachhead undergoes its first major counterattack. Japanese destroyers from Rabaul, New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago, land 475 troops between the Laruma and Koromokina Rivers early in morning. The troops attack at once in the vicinity of Koromokina lagoon and are held off by the 3d Marine Regiment, although a small outpost is cut off and must be rescued by sea.

     Eight USAAF Thirteenth Air Force B-25 Mitchells bomb barge concentration and beach targets in Atsinima Bay, Bougainville Island while 21 B-24 Liberators pound the airfield on Buka Island north of Bougainville.

BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO: On New Britain Island, 25 USAAF Fifth Air Force B-24 Liberators, with an escort of 64 P-38 Lightnings, bomb Rapopo Airfield near Rabaul. A large force of enemy fighters intercepts the formations and in the ensuing battle five P-38s are lost; U.S. aircraft claim 20+ fighters shot down and several more destroyed on the ground.

PACIFIC OCEAN: USN Submarine Operations: 1700: USS GREENLING (SS-213) sinks a civilian tanker and an armed transport at 34-34 N, 138-35 E. (Skip Guidry)

CANADA: Trawler HMS Cailiff arrived Halifax after escorting a Quebec-Sydney convoy.

U.S.A.: The BALAO class submarine USS LIONFISH (SS-298) is launched at Cramp, Philadelphia. (Marc James Small)

ATLANTIC OCEAN: U-123 was attacked by a Mosquito aircraft from the 618 Squadron suffering 1 man dead and 2 wounded.

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WESTERN EUROPE: There are no USAAF Ninth Air Force bomber operations because of unfavorable weather. Fighters fly patrols and armed reconnaissance, attacking railroads, gun positions and other targets.

NETHERLANDS: The Canadian First Army takes direct control of the final mopping up operations on Waicheren Island. The British I Corps sector is now largely clear, although the Germans continue to hold out in Moerdijk. Elements of 414th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 104th Infantry Division, upon relief by the British in the Moerdijk area, rejoin parent division which is on its way to Aachen, Germany.

     In the British Second Army's VIII Corps area, the final assault on Meijel is delayed to await XII Corps' drive from the southwest.

FRANCE: Nishimoto, Joe M., Pfc., 442nd Regimental Combat Team, will be awarded the MOH for actions today, at La Houssiere. (Posthumous).

Brigadier General Charles De Gaulle, Prime Minister of Provisional Government, summons the French Consultative National Assembly for its first session. The Assembly schedules municipal and departmental elections for the 89 departments in February 1945. The legislature extends the franchise to all citizens, male and female, over the age of 21.

     In the U.S. Third Army area, Lieutenant General George S. Patton, Commanding General Third Army, orders an offensive to open tomorrow, although a heavy downpour of rain at this time gives little promise of air assistance.

     In the French First Army area, II Corps is beating off counterattacks southwest of Gerardmer. Noise of this action helps cover the movement of units southward in preparation for an attack by I Corps toward Belfort.

GERMANY:

In the U.S. First Army area, V Corps, after disastrous enemy counterattacks against the 28th Infantry Division, decides to withdraw the Kall River bridgehead. The 28th Infantry Division loses Kommerscheidt but holds along the northern woods line overlooking the village. A force of engineers and tanks clears the eastern part of Vossenack and turns defense of the village over to the 109th Infantry Regiment.

U.S.S.R.: Moscow: Stalin refuses to renew diplomatic relations with Switzerland because of its ban on the Communist Party and its continuing arms trade with Germany.

ALBANIA: Four RAF heavy bombers of No. 205 (Heavy Bomber) Group attacks a railroad bridge at Baldren.

YUGOSLAVIA: USAAF Fifteenth Air Force heavy bombers attack seven targets: 162 bomb the South marshalling yard at Maribor; 82 hit the Ali Pasin marshalling yard at Sarajevo; 28 each bomb tactical targets at Prijepolje and Mitrovica; 27 each bomb tactical targets at Sjenica and Novi Pazar and one hits a railroad. Three aircraft are lost.

     The USAAF attack is followed by 85 RAF heavy bombers of the No. 205 (Heavy Bomber) Group attacking the Ali Pasin marshalling yard at Sarajevo; one aircraft is lost.

ITALY: In the British Eighth Army area, V Corps opens an offensive toward Forli at 2250 hours after a heavy artillery preparation. While the 4th Division attacks Forli Airfield, the 46th Division, to the left, drives north from Grisignano toward St. Martino in Strada.

     The Adjutant General officially orders the de facto action of 19 October redesignating the USAAF Twelfth Air Force's HQ XII Fighter Command to HQ XXII Tactical Air Command. Medium bombers of the USAAF 42d Bombardment Wing (Medium) aid the RAF's Desert Air Force (DAF) in supporting the British Eighth Army's attack on Forli; the 57th Bombardment Wing continues an interdiction campaign against railway supply lines in northeastern Italy; fighter-bombers closely support U.S. Fifth Army forces astride the Idice River in the mountains south of Bologna and bomb communications north of the Apennines mountain range, scoring many hits on bridges between Piacenza and Bologna.

     USAAF Fifteenth Air Force heavy bombers attack ten transportation targets: 59 aircraft bomb a railroad bridge at Bressanone, 35 hit a railroad bridge at Mezza Corona, 33 attack a railroad bridge at Ora, 27 bomb the railroad in the Brenner Pass, 18 bomb the marshalling yard at Fortezza; hit a railroad viaduct at Aviso, 13 attack a railroad bridge at Pinzano, seven bomb the marshalling yard San Candido, six bomb a highway bridge at Dignano and five bomb the marshalling yard at Vipiteno.

CEYLON: RN Corsair a/c #JT358 from HMS Illustrious crashed RAF Koggala. Pilot killed.

CHINA: Six USAAF Fourteenth Air Force B-25 Mitchells bomb the railroad yards at Yuncheng while two B-25s and 21 P-51 Mustangs, P-40s, and P-38 Lightnings hit targets of opportunity around Mangshih, Chefang, and Lungling.

BURMA: In the Northern Combat Area Command (NCAC) area, Shwegu falls to the Chinese 22d Division, which is ordered to garrison it with the 64th Regiment while attacking with the 65th and 66th Regiments toward Man-tha.

     Over 80 USAAF Tenth Air Force P-47 Thunderbolts hit gun positions, supply areas, and troops at Bhamo, Pintin, and in the vicinity of Myazedi, bomb airfields at Kawlin, Shwebo, and Onbauk, hit a fuel dump near Panghkam road junction, attack railroad targets of opportunity between Indaw and Shwebo, and targets of opportunity along the Irrawaddy River between Bhamo and Katha; 28 other P-47 Thunderbolts maintain overlapping patrols over the area south of Myitkyina.

     USAAF Fourteenth Air Force fighter-bombers hit targets of opportunity around Wanling.

JAPAN: Tokyo: Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German Soviet spy, who had used the cover of a German journalist to report on Germany and Japan for the Soviet Union, is hanged by his Japanese captors. After serving in the German Army in World War I, he joined Germany's Communist Party in 1919, traveling to the USSR in 1924. His first major assignment for Soviet intelligence was in the late 1920s, when he was sent to China to organize a spy ring. Returning to Germany, he joined the Nazi Party in 1933 to perfect his cover as a loyal German. He proceeded to develop a reputation as a respected journalist working for the Frankfurter Zeitung, finally convincing his editors to send him to Tokyo as a foreign correspondent in the mid-1930s. Once in Japan, Sorge proceeded once again to create a spy ring, which included an adviser to the Japanese cabinet and an American communist, who was also working for Soviet intelligence as Sorge's interpreter. Sorge had so successfully ingratiated himself with the German diplomatic community in Japan that he was allowed to work out of the German embassy, giving him access to confidential files. At the same time, he also befriended Japanese government officials, attempting to convince them not to go to war with the Soviet Union. In May 1941, Sorge reported back to Moscow that Hitler was planning an invasion of the Soviet Union, and that 170 divisions were preparing to invade on 20 June, but Stalin ignored the warning. Sorge was also able to report, in August 1941, that Japan had plans to attack targets in the South Pacific, not in the Soviet Union. This enabled Stalin to remove troops from the Manchurian border, freeing them up for when the Germans finally invaded, as there would be no "eastern front." But Sorge's brilliant spy career came to an end on 18 October 1941, when Japanese counterintelligence exposed his operation and he was arrested, along with 34 members of his ring. In 1964, he is officially declared a Hero of  the Soviet Union.

Submarine USS Albacore hit a mine close to the shore off northeastern Hokkaido, Japan. A Japanese patrol boat witnessed the explosion of a submerged submarine and saw a great deal of heavy oil, cork, bedding, and food supplies rise to the surface.

COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES: The US 96th Division completes the capture of a ridge west of Dagami, Leyte, known here as "Bloody Ridge". On the north coast the US advance is held at Carigara.

Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with Navy carrier and USAAF aircraft attacks on the retreating Japanese ships. U.S. forces sink many Japanese ships including 4 carriers, 3 battleships, 10 cruisers, and 9 destroyers, for a total of 26 capital ships. Afterwards Japanese fleet ceases to exist as an organized fighting fleet. (Robert K. Wear)
Special Task Air Group One makes last attack in month long demonstration of TDR drone missile against Japanese shipping and islands in the Pacific. Of 46 missiles fired, 29 reached their target areas. (Robert K. Wear)

On Leyte, the X Corps begins a southward drive on Ormoc along Highway 2. The 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, reinforced by the 3d Battalion of the 19th Infantry Regiment, attacks toward the spur of the ridge 400 yards (366 meters) to its front after massed fire on the Japanese positions but cannot take it; they establish a night perimeters at the edge of Breakneck Ridge. The 19th Infantry Regiment, advances toward Hill 1525, about 2,600 yards (2 377 meters) southeast of Limon, in support of the 21st Infantry Regiment's attack, but halts far east of objective. In the XXIV Corps area, the 382d Infantry Regiment of the 96th Infantry Division, with all 3 battalions in the assault, continues their attack on Bloody Ridge, overrunning Japanese positions and killing an estimated 474 Japanese.

     USAAF Far East Air Forces B-24 Liberators and fighter-bombers hit Fabrica, Alicante (Escalente) and Bacalod (Bacolod) Airfields on Negros Island, and Opon Airfield on Cebu, Island; shipping at various central Philippine Islands locations, and communications and supply targets at Tambuco, Ormoc, and Palompon on Leyte Island, Valencia on Mindanao Island, and other areas. P-38 Lightnings and B-25 Mitchells hit Del Monte Airfield on Mindanao Island and targets of opportunity in Macajalar Bay on Mindanao Island.

EAST INDIES: USAAF Far East Air Forces P-38 Lightnings and B-25 Mitchells hit Mandai Airfield on Celebes Island, and Tanamon, Mapanget, and Langoan. On Halmahera Island, B-25 Mitchells and fighter-bombers hit Galela, Miti, and Kaoe Airfields. In sweeps over Boeroe (Buroe) Island west of Ceram and Ceram Island, small groups of B-25s and P-38s hit runways and small shipping. B-24 Liberators bomb Raba Estate in the Sunda Islands.

MARIANAS ISLANDS, SAIPAN: Two air-raids each by five aircraft are launched by the Japanese against American airfields. Three Japanese aircraft are shot down. Little damage is caused.

MARCUS ISLAND: USAAF Seventh Air Force B-24 Liberators from Guam bomb antiaircraft positions on Marcus Island. The island is located in the North Pacific about 768 nautical miles (1 422 kilometers) west-northwest of Wake Island and is used as a refueling point for Japanese aircraft en route to the Central Pacific.

VOLCANO ISLANDS: USAAF Seventh Air Force B-24 Liberators from Guam strike Iwo Jima Island.

PACIFIC OCEAN: After 1700 hours, the USN submarine USS Greenling (SS-213) sinks a civilian tanker and an armed transport about 44 nautical miles (81 kilometers) east of Hamamatsu, Honshu, Japan, in position 34.34N, 138.35E. (Skip Guidry)

     USN submarine USS Albacore (SS-218) is sunk by a mine about 20 nautical miles (37 kilometers) east of Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, in position 41.49N, 141.11E.

CANADA: Tugs HMCS Merrickville and Neville assigned to Lunenburg and St John's respectively.

U.S.A.:

Presidential and Congressional elections are held in the country today:

  - In the Presidential race, the Democratic Party candidates, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, defeat the Republican contenders, Thomas E Dewey and John W Bricker. Dewey carries 12 states; Roosevelt carries the other 36. Roosevelt wins 53.4 percent of the popular vote and 81.4 percent of the Electoral College vote (432 versus 99).

  - In the Senate contests, the Democrats retain their 57 seats, the Republicans retain their 38 seats and independents retain their one seat. The Democrats control the Senate with 57 of 96 seats.

  - In the House of Representatives contests, the Democrats gain 21 seats, the Republicans lose 19 and the independents lose two. The Democrats control the House with 243 of 435 seats.

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GERMANY: Wiesbaden: A group of American officers led by Walter I. Farmer, protest against the planned shipping of 202 paintings to the United States as war booty. This document states that the removal of the German museum-owned pieces violates international law, and as Army personnel, the MFAandA should refuse to take part in this plan, since it "establishes a precedent which is neither morally tenable nor trustworthy"; and "even though these individuals [MFAandA officers] were acting under military orders, the dictates of a higher ethical law made it incumbent upon them to refuse to take part in...the fulfilment of these orders". Risking court-martial, twenty-four MFAandA officers signed the document. (Peter Kilduff)(205 p.58)

Berlin: The Soviet war memorial is unveiled.

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