21 Feb 1945




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- Air Group 80 from USS Hancock flew one strike in support of operations on Iwo Jima; 1 aircraft was lost. ww2dbase [Hancock | DS]
- The Japanese Army and Navy launched a combined tokko attack, dispatching 4 and 21 suicide aircraft, respectively. The fleet carrier USS Saratoga and escort carrier USS Lunga Point were hit and damaged, while escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea was sunk. ww2dbase [Saratoga | AC]
- The first semi-navalised Hawker Sea Fury (SR661) prototype aircraft made its maiden flight. It was fitted with a Centaurus XII engine and four-bladed Rotol airscrew. ww2dbase [AC]
- Filipp Golikov was awarded the Order of Lenin for the second time. ww2dbase [Filipp Golikov | CPC]
- Aleksandr Vasilevsky was awarded the Order of Lenin for the third time. ww2dbase [Aleksandr Vasilevsky | CPC]
- Vasily Chuikov was awarded the Order of Lenin for the third time. ww2dbase [Vasily Chuikov | CPC]
- Submarine I-369 arrived at Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [I-369 | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]
- USS Astoria provided naval gunfire support at Iwo Jima, Japan. ww2dbase [Astoria (Cleveland-class) | Iwo Jima | CPC]
- While destroyer USS Shaw was escorting a convoy from Leyte Gulf to Mindoro, another of the convoy escorts, USS Renshaw, was hit with a torpedo from a Japanese submarine. Renshaw was damaged but not sunk. ww2dbase [Invasion of Poland | Shaw | Visayan Islands | DS]
- Boris Shaposhnikov was awarded his third Order of Lenin. ww2dbase [Boris Shaposhnikov | CPC]
- Georgy Zhukov was awarded the Order of Lenin for the third time. ww2dbase [Georgy Zhukov | CPC]
- Kliment Voroshilov was awarded the Order of Lenin for the fourth time. ww2dbase [Kliment Voroshilov | CPC]




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