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• USS Sea Cat claimed sinking of a 10,000-ton Japanese ship; the credit was removed after the war. ww2dbase [Sea Cat | CPC]
• US Third Army armored units penetrated the German Westwall defenses near Saarlautern, Germany. Meanwhile, the British 2nd Army mopped up the last German resistance west of the River Maas. ww2dbase [TH]
• Communist-controlled National Liberation Front (EAM) party in Greece staged a large demonstration in Athens, which broke out in violence; 28 were killed and 148 were injured. EAM forces attempted further attacks on government forces, but they were largely defeated jointly by British and Greek government forces by Jan 1945. This was to be a prelude episode to the 1946-1949 Greek civil war. ww2dbase [CPC]
• The British Home Guard was ordered to stand down. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Allied troops captured Blerick, the Netherlands. ww2dbase [Battle of the Scheldt Estuary | CPC]

• Indian 20th Division crossed the Chindwin River into Burma. ww2dbase [Battle of Meiktila-Mandalay | CPC]

• Patrol Boat No. 102 detected a surfaced American submarine on the surface in the South China Sea and opened fire at 0535 hours. At 0600 hours, USS Pampanito fired 4 torpedoes at the convoy, HI-83, scoring one hit on tanker Seishin Maru. At 0607 hours, USS Pipefish fired 3 torpedoes, hitting and sinking escort ship Type D No. 64. Type D No. 63 dropped 28 depth charges in the direction of USS Pipefish, causing no damage. HI-83 broke up in response of this attack, with each ship independently sailing toward the coast to the west. ww2dbase [Pampanito | Pipefish | Stewart | South China Sea | CPC]

• With her Type 93 torpedoes, Japanese destroyer Take torpedoed and sank the Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Cooper in Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | Type 93 | Leyte Gulf | AC]

• Anton Thernes, former deputy commandant of Majdanek Concentration Camp, and two camp administrations were executed by hanging. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Majdanek Concentration Camp | Lublin | CPC]

• USS Springer departed San Diego, California, United States. ww2dbase [Springer | San Diego, California | CPC]

3 Dec 1944 Interactive Map