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• The United Nations War Crimes Commission was established. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Vatutin's attacked out of Bukrin, Ukraine were rebuffed with heavy Soviet casualties. ww2dbase [TH]
• Lieutenant Commander Shohei Matsumoto relieved Lieutenant Commander Shoichi Oyamada as the commanding officer of destroyer Yuzuki. ww2dbase [Yuzuki | CPC]
• Louis Mountbatten departed China for India. On the same day, Chiang Kaishek sent a message to King George VI, complimenting the new supreme commander. ww2dbase [Louis Mountbatten | CPC]
• Chuichi Nagumo stepped down as the commanding officer of Kure Naval District, Japan and was given command of the First Fleet. ww2dbase [Chuichi Nagumo | CPC]
• USS Haddock departed for her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Haddock | CPC]

• US Marine Corps squadron VMF-214 was officially relieved from front line duty in the Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Escort carrier USS Card and her task group departed Casablanca and resumed their anti-submarine patrols in the mid-Atlantic. ww2dbase [Card | Casablanca | DS]

• The keel of I-402 was laid down at Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Japan. ww2dbase [I-402 | Sasebo Naval Arsenal | Sasebo, Nagasaki | CPC]

• Captured German Tiger I heavy tank "131" arrived at the village of Chobham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom via a Scammell 100-ton truck. ww2dbase [PzKpfw VI Ausf. E 'Tiger I' | Chobham, England | CPC]
• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against Duren, Germany but aborted half way to the target due to bad weather. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Thurleigh, England | DS]

• Escort carrier USS Bogue and her task group arrived at Norfolk, Virginia. ww2dbase [Norfolk Navy Yard | Bogue | Norfolk, Virginia | DS]
• USS St. Louis arrived at San Diego, California. ww2dbase [St. Louis | San Diego, California | DS]

• USS Seahorse departed Midway Atoll for her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Seahorse | Midway Bases | Midway | CPC]

20 Oct 1943 Interactive Map