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• The German SS organization ordered that prisoners who have committed sabotage were to be publicly executed. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Swiss authorities destroyed the new German Bf 110 aircraft that was brought into Switzerland by a defector pilot two days prior. In appreciation of this gesture, Germany provided Switzerland 12 Me 109 fighters. ww2dbase [Bf 110 | CPC]
• USS Tunny arrived in Brisbane, Australia, ending her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
• Fieberling was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Fieberling | CPC]
• Me 410 fighters shot down 10 B-17 bombers over Europe on this date. ww2dbase [Me 410 Hornisse | CPC]

• Anglo-Indian and Japanese troops began a four-day clash at Bunker Hill near Kohima, India. ww2dbase [Battle of Imphal-Kohima | CPC]

• Yamato departed Kure, Japan for trials in the Iyo Nada; she arrived at Hashirajima island in Hiroshima Bay that evening. ww2dbase [Yamato | CPC]

• USS Flying Fish arrived at Majuro, Marshall Islands, ending her ninth war patrol. ww2dbase [Flying Fish | CPC]

• The Gestapo HQ in The Hague, Netherlands was attacked by RAF Mosquito aircraft. ww2dbase [Bombing of Cities in France and Low Countries | TH]

• Soviet troops captured Kerch, Russia. ww2dbase [TH]

• USS Pollack arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her ninth war patrol. ww2dbase [Midway Bases | Pollack | CPC]

11 Apr 1944 Interactive Map