9 Oct 1944
- The US surrender ultimatum to the garrison at Aachen, Germany was rejected. ww2dbase [TH]
- Canadian troops used amphibious vehicles to enter the Breskens Pocket in the Netherlands. ww2dbase [Battle of the Scheldt Estuary | TH]
- USS Gar arrived at Brisbane, Australia, ending her thirteenth war patrol. ww2dbase [Gar | CPC]
- USS Croaker sank a Japanese freighter with 4 of 4 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Croaker | CPC]
- Léon Degrelle was awarded the German Cross in Gold. ww2dbase [Léon Degrelle | CPC]
- Four TDR drones were launched against Matupi Bridge, Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Britain. Three were lost to antiaircraft fire and one was lost enroute to the target. ww2dbase [TDR | Rabaul, New Britain | DS]
- USS Bergall sank a Japanese transport off the coast of French Indochina, hitting her with 1 of 3 torpedoes. ww2dbase [Bergall | CPC]
- The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against the ball-bearing works at Eberhausen, Germany. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Eberhausen | DS]
- USS Pintado departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her third war patrol. ww2dbase [Pintado | Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- USS Dragonet arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Dragonet | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Part of Night Air Group 106 on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- Submarine I-369 was completed at the Yokosuka Navy Yard, Japan as a Type D1 Tei-gata transport submarine. She was commissioned into service under the command of Lieutenant Shigeo Matsushima. ww2dbase [I-369 | Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]
- Japanese submarine I-8 arrived at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. ww2dbase [Yokosuka, Kanagawa | CPC]
- USS Sterlet sank a Japanese fishing boat off the eastern coast of Okinawa, Japan with her deck gun. ww2dbase [Sterlet | Okinawa | CPC]
- Patrol Boat No. 102 arrived at Omuta, Fukuoka, Japan at 1346 hours. ww2dbase [Stewart | Omuta, Fukuoka | CPC]
- USS Becuna attacked a Japanese convoy in the South China Sea, claiming two sunk and two damaged; ten torpedoes were expended, seven of them made contact. ww2dbase [Becuna | South China Sea | CPC]
- USS Hawkbill attacked a Japanese convoy in the South China sea with USS Becuna, damaging several ships with her torpedoes. ww2dbase [Hawkbill | South China Sea | CPC]
- Kamoi changed course for Hong Kong after her convoy was attacked several times by US submarines. ww2dbase [Kamoi | South China Sea | CPC]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) departed Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, United States. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Puget Sound Navy Yard | Bremerton, Washington | DS]
- USS Randolph was commissioned into service with Captain Felix Locke Baker in command. ww2dbase [Randolph | DS]
- USS Ancon arrived at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. ww2dbase [Ancon | Charleston, South Carolina | CPC]
- Bulgarian 1st Army attacked Nis, Yugoslavia. ww2dbase [Belgrade Strategic Offensive Operation | Nis, Serbia | TH]
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