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20 Nov 1944
  • For the last time, Hitler left the Wolfsschanze Headquarters for Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [Adolf Hitler | TH]
  • Chen Cheng was named the head of the political bureau of the Nationalist military. ww2dbase [Chen Cheng | CPC]
  • William Menefee Wilcox was named the commanding officer of USS Pollack. ww2dbase [Pollack | CPC]
  • Chinese troops captured Mangshih, Yunnan Province, China. ww2dbase [Salween Offensive | CPC]
Bermuda
  • Escort carrier USS Bogue and her task group departed Bermuda bound for New York. ww2dbase [Bogue | Port Royal Bay | DS]
Caroline Islands
  • Japanese submarines I-36 and I-47 each delivered five Kaiten submarines off Ulithi, Caroline Islands. Only one of the Kaiten submarines would find a target, setting the fleet oiler Mississinewa, full of aviation fuel, aflame. ww2dbase [Kaiten-class | Ulithi | CPC]
China
  • He Yingqin stepped down as Chiang Kaishek's chief of staff for military affairs. ww2dbase [He Yingqin | CPC]
  • Gao Youxin, leading seven P-40 Warhawk fighters, was shot down by anti-aircraft fire over Jianjiang County, Hubei Province, China. He would spend the next 40-some days attempting to return to friendly lines. ww2dbase [Gao Youxin | Jianjiang, Hubei | CPC]
  • Chen Lifu stepped down as the Minister of Education. ww2dbase [Chen Lifu | CPC]
Estonia
  • Admiral Scheer, Prinz Eugen, Z35, Z36, and Z43 began shelling Soviet positions during the evacuation of the Sõrve (German: Sworbe) peninsula on the Estonian island of Saaremaa (German: Ă–sel). ww2dbase [Z43 | Z36 | Prinz Eugen | Admiral Scheer | Z35 | Saaremaa | CPC]
France Germany
  • Oberleutnant zur See Otto HĂĽbschen stepped down as the commanding officer of U-2501. ww2dbase [U-2501 | CPC]
Hawaii Mediterranean Sea
  • Garland set sail from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea for Britain. ww2dbase [Garland | CPC]
Philippines
  • Patrol Boat No. 102 departed Currimao on the northwestern coast of Luzon, Philippines at 1057 hours, arriving at San Fernando further down the coast at 1550 hours, and departed again at 1821 hours. ww2dbase [Stewart | Currimao | CPC]
Russia
  • 1,014 arrested Polish Home Army and other partisan fighters arrived at the NKVD-run Ostashkov Special Camp in Tver Oblast, Russia by a special train after an 8-day journey. ww2dbase [Ostashkov Special Camp | Ostashkov, Tver | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 20 Nov 1944
Sinking of oiler USS Mississinewa after being struck by a Kaiten in Ulithi anchorage, Caroline Islands, 20 Nov 1944; photograph taken from fleet ocean tug USS MunseeA column of smoke 500 feet wide rising from the burning fleet oiler USS Mississinewa after being struck by the first Japanese Kaiten deployed, Ulithi Atoll, 30 Nov 1944. Light carrier USS Langley is in the foreground.A destroyer escort dropping depth charges on a second Japanese Kaiten in the cruiser anchorage of Ulithi Lagoon on 20 Nov 1944 after the sinking of USS Mississinewa. Seen from USS Bunker Hill. Photo 1 of 3.A destroyer escort dropping depth charges on a second Japanese Kaiten in the cruiser anchorage of Ulithi Lagoon on 20 Nov 1944 after the sinking of USS Mississinewa. Seen from USS Bunker Hill. Photo 2 of 3.
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Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
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