15 Apr 1944




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- Marshal Nikolai F. Vatutin died in hospital from wounds suffered when his car was ambushed by Ukrainian guerrillas on 28 Feb 1944. ww2dbase [Nikolai Vatutin | AC]
- Fleet aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CV-19) was commissioned with Captain Fred C. Dickey in command. ww2dbase [Hancock | AC]
- Hans Speidel became Erwin Rommel's chief of staff. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The support units of United States Marine Corps' I Marine Amphibious Corps (IMAC) were transferred to the V Amphibious Corps Administrative Command, and the tactical units are redesignated as III Amphibious Corps (IIIAC) with the mission of seizing Guam, Mariana Islands in Jul 1944. ww2dbase [AC]
- Patrol Boat No. 102 arrived at Tolitoli, Celebes, Dutch East Indies at 0835 hours. ww2dbase [Stewart | Tolitoli, Celebes | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: More of 116th Construction Battalion (116th SeaBees) arrived on board. Part of 72nd Construction Battalion (72nd SeaBees) departed. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- Japanese authorities in Hong Kong completed the liquidation of Generale Belgian Bank, Hong Kong branch of Central Bank of the Republic of China, E.D. Sassoon Banking & Co., Agricultural and Industrial Bank of China, and China Guohuo Bank. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The Indian 44th Airborne Division was established at Secunderabad, India under the command of Major General Ernest Down. ww2dbase [Secunderabad | AC]
- The German defensive Gustav Line in Italy began to fall. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Cassino | CPC]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) launched a raid on Chichi Jima and Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Mariana Islands Campaign and the Great Turkey Shoot | Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands | DS]
- The keel of landing ship. No. 107 was laid down by Osaka Zosen. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
- Kamoi was reclassified as an oiler after her seaplane hanlding equipment were removed at Singapore. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Singapore | CPC]




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