29 Feb 1944
- USS Cod attacked a Japanese merchant ship by torpedo. ww2dbase [Cod | CPC]
- Operation Brewer: US troops invaded the Admiralty Islands. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | CPC]
- USS Rock attacked a Japanese convoy en route to Truk, Caroline Islands, but was detected by destroyer Asashimo. She fired a salvo of four torpedoes at the destroyer (none hit) and dove. She was subjected to a four-hour depth charge attack that cause much damage, forcing her to return for repairs. ww2dbase [Rock | CPC]
- The Japanese submarine I-37 torpedoed the merchantman SS Ascot in the Indian Ocean and then machine-gunned the 52 survivors in the water, killing 45. ww2dbase [AC]
- The US submarine Trout was reported missing, presumed sunk, whilst on patrol northwest of the Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Trout | AC]
- Oberfeldwebel Otto Meyer and Hauptmann Fritz Schmidtmann of the German Kampfgeschwader 55 wing were awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Bailey departed Eniwetok Lagoon as an escort for a convoy bound for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]
- Ships of US Navy Destroyer Squadron 22 gathered off Praed Point about 6.5 miles away from Rabaul, New Britain just before midnight at the end of this date. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]
- The Kempeitai staff at Rabaul, New Britain discussed moving its headquarters from the center of town to a safer location due to US bombing. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]
- 1st Battalion of US 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) departed the village of Tanja Ga in Burma. ww2dbase [Battle of Myitkyina | Tanja Ga | CPC]
- Seventy "Comfort Girls", captive women forced into prostitution by the Japanese, were machine gunned on the island of Truk in the Caroline Islands as the Japanese tried to destroy evidence before the American invasion arrived. ww2dbase [Truk | AC]
- The third major German offensive was launched at Anzio, Italy, which would again fail to dislodge the Allies. ww2dbase [Battle of Anzio | Anzio, Lazio | TH, CPC]
- Nachi refueled from oiler Teiyo Maru in Mutsu Bay, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Nachi | Mutsu Bay, Aomori | CPC]
- The keel of landing ship No. 152 was laid down by Hitachi Zosen. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
- Gato-class submarine USS Silversides arrived in her initial patrol area west of Saipan, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Silversides | DS]
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