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25 Apr 1944
  • Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Saipan. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | CPC]
  • The Emsland concentration camps in Germany established the Kommandos Nord (Department North), which began to construct concentration camps in Norway north of the Arctic Circle; 1,404 prisoners were transferred there when completed. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | CPC]
  • Australian troops captured Madang, New Guinea. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | CPC]
  • Anglo-Indian troops attacked Ningthoukhong, India. ww2dbase [Battle of Imphal-Kohima | CPC]
  • USS Bailey joined an anti-submarine hunter-killer group centered around escort carrier USS Kalinin Bay. The group departed Majuro for anti-submarine patrols around Maloelap Atoll, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]
  • USS Nicholas arrived at Buna, New Guinea. ww2dbase [Nicholas | DS]
Australian New Guinea France Germany
  • Adolf Hitler made his last major public appearance at Hans-Valentin Hube's funeral in Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [Adolf Hitler | Berlin | TH]
Japan Pacific Ocean
  • While transiting from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to Alameda, California, a sailor on Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Sargent Bay was washed overboard during a storm at sea. An hour-long search revealed nothing. ww2dbase [Sargent Bay | DS]
Singapore
  • Kamoi entered dock No. 1 at Singapore for repairs. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Singapore | CPC]
United Kingdom
  • George Patton was at a welcome club in Knutsford, England, United Kingdom as the guest of honor. Learning that his visit was supposed to be unofficial, he freely spoke of a post-war world in which the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union would together rule the world. A reporter carelessly missed writing down the Soviet Union, thus when the story was published several days later, it appeared as if Patton was disrespecting the Soviet Union. ww2dbase [George Patton | Knutsford, England | CPC]
  • American forces conducted marshalling and embarkation drills at Slapton, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Exercise Tiger | Slapton, England | CPC]
United States Photo(s) dated 25 Apr 1944
Stockpile of Pipe at a US Army supply base in England, United Kingdom in preparation for the invasion of France, 25 Apr 1944Yard full of coils of communications cable at US Army Quartermaster Depot G-22 in Moreton-on-Lugg, Herefordshire, England, in preparation of invasion of France, 25 Apr 1944US troops conducting landing exercises at Slapton Sands, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom, 25 Apr 1944

25 Apr 1944 Interactive Map

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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