16 Apr 1944
- Red Army units cleared Yalta, Ukraine of remaining pockets of German resistance. ww2dbase [TH]
- US 83rd Infantry Division arrived in England, United Kingdom in preparation for the Normandy, France invasion. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Wisconsin was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Wisconsin | CPC]
- USS Parche reached waters south of Taiwan. ww2dbase [Parche | CPC]
- USS Corregidor departed Purvis Bay, Florida Island (now Nggela Sule), Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Corregidor | Purvis Bay, Nggela Islands | CPC]
- By this date, more than 100 soldiers of 2nd Battalion of US 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), marching through the jungles of northern Burma, had been flown out to India due to injury or disease. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Finback conducted a reconnaissance mission at Oroluk Atoll, Caroline Islands, firing on a damaged ship and a tower on land during the mission. ww2dbase [Finback | Oroluk | CPC]
- Indian 5th Brigade arrived at Jotsoma, India, allowing Indian 161st Brigade to prepare for an advance toward Kohima. ww2dbase [Battle of Imphal-Kohima | Jotsoma, Assam | CPC]
- In Italy, German Armeegruppe von Zangen placed the 800-strong "Lupo" Italian naval infantry battalion under German "Hermann Göring" Division for anti-partisan training. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Submarine USS Growler arrived at Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands after her eighth war patrol in the East China sea, a patrol that was hampered throughout by bad weather and rough seas. ww2dbase [Growler | Majuro | DS]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) holds Crossing the Line ceremonies as the ship cross the equator ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | DS]
- A transport of 1,500 Jews from Drancy Concentration Camp outside of Paris arrived at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp; it was the 71st transport from Drancy to Auschwitz. 165 men and 223 women were registered into the camp, while the remaining 1,112 were gassed. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Auschwitz Concentration Camp | Oswiecim | CPC]
- USS Miami departed Boston, Massachusetts, United States. ww2dbase [Miami | Boston, Massachusetts | CPC]
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