MacArthur returns to Luzon. General Patton's Third Army compresses the Bulge on January 10th. British carrier-based planes launch an attack on Sumatra. Avengers, Fireflies and Seaflies strike on oil refinery. Japanese planes strafe the British carrier force.
British planes return to their carriers.
Maintenance unites salvage aircraft at Kunming airbase. US engineers reconstruct Liuchow airbase after it has been cleared of mines. First transfer of troops from Europe to the Pacific. An anti-sub mortar is found on a damaged Japanese freighter in Naha harbor, Okinawa. US Third Fleet warships shell Kamaishi, Japan.