18 Jan 1944
Byelorussia
Byelorussia
- Repeated Soviet attacks near Vitebsk, Byelorussia were repulsed by German Armeegruppe Mitte. ww2dbase [Vitebsk | TH]
- A Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO) team arrived at Xamba, Suiyuan Province to establish the weather station Camp Four. ww2dbase [Xamba, Suiyuan | CPC]
- Patrol Boat No. 102 spotted a possible hostile submarine and dropped 6 depth charges. ww2dbase [Stewart | Balikpapan, Borneo | CPC]
- Karl Dönitz secured Adolf Hitler's approval for building Type XXVIIA midget submarines. ww2dbase [Adolf Hitler | Karl Dönitz | Type XXVII | CPC]
- P-40N fighters of US 45th Fighter Squadron attacked Japanese positions on Jaluit and Mili in the Marshall Islands with bombs, experimental rockets, and machine guns. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Archerfish fired four torpedoes at a Japanese patrol craft in the East China Sea; all torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Archerfish | East China Sea | CPC]
- Lieutenant Alex George Horwood of the British Queen's Royal Regiment was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for outstanding conduct at Kyauchaw, Burma, during three days of continuous attacks. ww2dbase [AC]
- Loaded with Army aircraft, escort carrier USS Bogue departed New York bound for Scotland as part of 43-ship Convoy UT-7 consisting of 3 escort carriers, 12 cargo ships, 12 troop transports, 1 seaplane tender, 1 stores ship, and 1 oil tanker plus an escorting force of 1 battleship and 12 destroyers. ww2dbase [Bogue | Staten Island, New York | DS]
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