Eastern Front
Stalingrad: Red Army launches Operation Ring – series of co-ordinated attacks from northwest and south (by Don Front), and from the east (by Stalingrad Front). By January 25, German 6th Army is split into two groups or ‘pockets’.
Sea War
Pacific: Giant US submarine Argonaut lost off New Guinea.
Occupied Territories
France: Milice Nationale (secret police force) created in Vichy France headed by Joseph Darnand, one of the heroes of Forbach Wood Incident. (See February 8, 1940.)
