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• The last gassing at the Hartheim Castle in Austria for the euthanasia program took place. ww2dbase [CPC]
• USS Gar delivered 35 tons of supplies to an American position near Duriagaos Inlet, Luzon, Philippine Islands and picked up intelligence documents. ww2dbase [Gar | CPC]
• USS Guitarro departed Fremantle, Australia for her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Guitarro | CPC]
• Adolf Hitler held a meeting with top German military commanders at the Adlerhorst headquarters in Wetterau, Germany, stressing the importance of the upcoming Ardennes Offensive. ww2dbase [Battle of the Bulge | CPC]
• USS Astoria set sail for the Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Astoria (Cleveland-class) | CPC]
• Kurt Fricke stepped down as the commanding officer of Naval Group Command South. ww2dbase [Kurt Frike | CPC]

• After sundown, German destroyers Z35, Z36, and Z43 and torpedo boat T28 began laying a new minefield off the Estonian coast, planning to deploy 68 mines each. Torpedo boat T23 provided escort for the group. ww2dbase [T28 | T23 | Z43 | Z36 | Z35 | Gulf of Finland | CPC]

• 16 fighter-bombers of US 14th Air Force attacked Tianhe Airfield in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. ww2dbase [Tianhe Airfield | Guangzhou, Guangdong | CPC]

• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against Frankfurt, Germany. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Frankfurt | DS]

• USS Shamrock Bay departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Shamrock Bay | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]

• U-1233 departed Horten, Vestfold, Norway for her first and only war patrol. ww2dbase [U-1233 | Horten, Vestfold | CPC]

• USS Preston guarded carriers while the carriers launched strikes against Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Preston (Fletcher-class) | CPC]
• Torpedo wakes passed close aboard carrier USS Steamer Bay. No submarine was seen or detected. ww2dbase [Steamer Bay | DS]

• The envelope and some rigging from a Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb were found near Kalispell, Wyoming, United States. Based on the amount of snow covering the balloon, it was estimated to have landed between 11 & 25 Nov 1944. ww2dbase [Japanese Attacks on the Continental United States | Fu-Go | Kalispell, Montana | DS]

• USS Skipjack arrived at Midway Atoll. ww2dbase [Skipjack | Midway Bases | Midway | CPC]

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