9 Feb 1944
- Walter Heitz passed away. ww2dbase [Walter Heitz | CPC]
- USS Gar ended her tenth war patrol. ww2dbase [Gar | CPC]
- The Royal Navy's Second Escort Group (Captain F. J. Walker CB, DSO and three bars) sank the German submarines U-734 and U-238. ww2dbase [AC]
- The 2nd Battalion of US 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) departed Margherita, Assam Province, India onto the Ledo Road at 1830 hours. Around the same time, the 1st Battalion suffered its first casualty as a soldier committed suicide. ww2dbase [Assam Province | CPC]
- German troops captured Aprilia, Italy. ww2dbase [Battle of Anzio | Aprilia, Lazio | TH]
- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Beppu, Japan. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Beppu, Oita | CPC]
- Kamikaze began a period of refitting at Hakodate, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Kamikaze | Hakodate, Hokkaido | CPC]
- USS Minneapolis, San Francisco, New Orleans, and Bailey arrived at Majuro Lagoon, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Bailey | Majuro | DS]
- The German Foreign Ministry in the Hague reported back to Berlin that to date 108,000 Jews had been deported from the Netherlands. The Dutch population considered German methods brutal, and church circles were actively promoting disapproval for the deportations. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Hague | CPC]
- George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, in a speech in the House of Lords in Britain openly criticised the Government over the bombing of German cities. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | London, England | AC]
- Lieutenant Commander James Grady was named the commanding officer of USS Whale, relieving Lieutenant Commander Albert Burrows. ww2dbase [Whale | Midway | CPC]
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