18 Nov 1944




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- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Singapore. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | CPC]
- Adolf Eichmann ordered the deportation of 18,000 Jews from Budapest, Hungary to concentration camps. ww2dbase [Adolf Eichmann | CPC]
- US Third Army entered Germany proper. ww2dbase [TH]
- US XX Corps surrounded Metz, France. ww2dbase [TH]
- The Ki-83 heavy fighter took its first flight. ww2dbase [Ki-83 | CPC]
- USS Astoria crossed the International Date Line. ww2dbase [Astoria (Cleveland-class) | CPC]
- Antrup Wilhelm was awarded Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Heinrich Höfer was awarded Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The C-0101 transport aircraft completed its first operational flight from Chongqing, China to Taipingsi Airport in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. ww2dbase [C-0101 | Chongqing | CPC]
- USS Snook arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Snook | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- USS Pollack arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Pollack | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Air Group 23 on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- USS Sunfish sank Japanese transport Seisho Maru in the East China Sea at 0317 hours. ww2dbase [Seisho Maru | East China Sea | CPC]
- USS Shamrock Bay transited the Panama Canal. ww2dbase [Panama Canal | Shamrock Bay | CPC]




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