10 Dec 1944
- US Third Army captured Haguenau and Sarreguemines in northeastern France. ww2dbase [TH]
- Destroyer Yuzuki departed Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands, escorting troop convoy TA No. 9 for Ormoc, Leyte, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Yuzuki | CPC]
- Adolf Hitler arrived at the Adlerhorst headquarters in Wetterau, Germany. ww2dbase [Adolf Hitler | CPC]
- The world's longest Bailey bridge (at the length of 1,154 feet) was completed over the Chindwin River in Burma by the Anglo-Indian troops. ww2dbase [Battle of Meiktila-Mandalay | CPC]
- USS Ticonderoga departs Ulithi, Caroline Islands with Task Group 38.3. ww2dbase [Ticonderoga | Ulithi | DS]
- USS Marcus Island departed Kossol Roads, Palau Islands. ww2dbase [Marcus Island | Palau | CPC]
- USS Alabama departed Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Alabama | Ulithi | CPC]
- USS Wasp departed Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Wasp (Essex-class) | Ulithi | CPC]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) departed Ulithi, Caroline Islands to rejoin the fleet east of the Philippines. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Ulithi | DS]
- USS Haddock arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her tenth war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Haddock | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- Unryu arrived at Kure, Japan. ww2dbase [Unryu | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]
- Japanese Navy landing ship No. 185 was completed and was transferred to the Army as a SB craft. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
- Kamoi entered drydocks at Yokosuka, Japan for repairs. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]
- Emden was refloated in the Oslofjord, Norway after having run aground on the previous day. ww2dbase [Emden | Oslofjord | CPC]
- USS Preston guarded carriers while the carriers launched strikes against Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Preston (Fletcher-class) | CPC]
- The Soviet Foreign Commissariat began to expel US and UK intelligence personnel from Romania. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Allied convoy RA-62 departed the Kola Inlet near Murmansk, Russia. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Murmansk | CPC]

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