23 Jan 1944
- The destroyer HMS Janus was lost off Anzio, Italy. ww2dbase [Battle of Anzio | TH]
- USS Gar continued to attack a Japanese convoy off Palau Islands which had been attacked three hours prior on the previous date, sinking the already-damaged cargo ship Taian Maru with one of two torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Gar | CPC]
- USS Snook sank Japanese converted gunboat Magane Maru off the Bonin Islands, hitting with 2 of 6 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Snook | CPC]
- Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein was awarded Swords to his Knight's Cross medal posthumously. ww2dbase [Heinrich | CPC]
- US aircraft attacked Rabaul, New Britain. The Japanese lost at least 13 fighters. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]
- Kamoi arrived at Kendari, Celebes, Dutch East Indies at 1630 hours. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Kendari, Celebes | CPC]
- Nachi arrived at Hashirajima, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Nachi | Hashirajima, Yamaguchi | CPC]
- 180 prisoners deemed "invalid" were executed by gunfire at Majdanek Concentration Camp in occupied Poland. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]
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