11 Feb 1900
- Thomas Hitchcock was born in Aiken, South Carolina, United States.
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11 Feb 1918
- The deposed Don Cossack leader, Russian General Alexi M. Kaledin, shot himself.
- Robert Greim claimed a kill in aerial combat over France but it was not confirmed.
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11 Feb 1929
- Italy and Vatican City signed the Lateran Treaty.
11 Feb 1933
- The SA, in the Rhineland, Germany, were sworn in as police auxiliaries.
11 Feb 1937
- General Luis Orgaz's Spanish Nationalist forces drove off General Sebastian Pozas' forces eastward across the River Jarama near Madrid, Spain.
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11 Feb 1938
- Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg secretly went to Salzburg, Austria by car for a meeting with German leaders.
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- Deng Xihou was recalled from the front lines for staff positions in Sichuan Province, China.
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11 Feb 1939
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- Japanese troops landed at Sanya on the southern coast of Hainan island in southern China.
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- A Lockheed XP-38 prototype aircraft from California to New York in the United States in 7 hours and 2 minutes.
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11 Feb 1940
- Finnish troops were forced to withdraw to secondary defensive positions as the Red Army pierced the Mannerheim Line.
» In-depth article - A comprehensive trade agreement was signed between Germany and the USSR in which Soviet raw materials and food would be exchanged for German machinery and military equipment.
- Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada, died in Montreal.
- The second Vultee Model 48 Vanguard prototype aircraft took its first flight.
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11 Feb 1941
- In Operation Colossus, British paratroopers blew up the Tragino aqueduct in southern Italy. All but one were captured during their escape, remaining prisoners of war until 1943. The aqueduct they destroyed would soon be repaired and returned to service.
- Indian 3rd Battalion captured Sanchil hill in the Dongolaas Gorge near Keren, Eritrea, Italian East Africa, but the Italian Savoia Grenadiers conterattack recaptured the hill as well as Brig's Peak by the end of the day. To the South, British troops from Kenya captured the road junction at Afmadow at the north end of the Juba River.
» In-depth article - British monitor HMS Erebus bombarded Ostend, Belgium between 0100 and 0140 hours.
- The first German troops arrived at Tripoli, Libya.
» In-depth article - British submarine HMS Snapper, en route from the River Clyde in Scotland, United Kingdom to the Bay of Biscay off France. The crew of 41 was never seen again. She probably ran into a minefield or was sunk by German minesweepers M-2, M-13, and M-25.
- German cruiser Admiral Hipper sank British ship Iceland of Allied convoy HX53 800 miles west of Gibraltar; the entire crew of 23 survived and were picked up by Admiral Hipper. Admiral Hipper would soon detect the rest of the convoy on radar at the distance of 15 kilometers.
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- British RAF bombed Hannover, Germany.
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11 Feb 1942
- US Congress approved the construction of the Alaska-Canadian Highway; US President Roosevelt immediately signed it. Canada agreed to this construction under the condition that the United States would bear the entire cost of construction, and that portions of the highway in Canadian territory would turn over to Canadian control after the war.
» In-depth article - Prinz Eugen departed Brest, France as a part of Operation Cerberus.
» In-depth article - Georg von Bismarck became the deputy commander of the 21st Panzer Division.
» In-depth article - German submarine U-136 attacked Allied convoy SC-67 south of Iceland at 0133 hours, sinking Norwegian ship Heina (all 30 aboard survived) and Canadian corvette HMCS Spikenard (57 were killed, 8 survived).
» In-depth article - Having crossed the Salween River at Kuzeik, Burma during the night the Japanese II/215th Infantry regiment engaged the raw and inexperienced 7/10th Baluch who were deployed in a semi-circle with their backs to the river without barbed wire or artillery support. After dark the Japanese launched their attack on the Indian positions and after four hours of bitter hand to hand fighting began to get the upper hand. By dawn organized resistance had effectively ceased. The heroic 7/10th Buluch had suffered 289 killed; with the few survivors making off in small parties.
» In-depth article - The US submarine Shark was reported lost, probably sunk by the Japanese destroyer Yamakaze, on patrol east of Manado, Celebes, Sunda Islands, Dutch East Indies.
» In-depth article - Archibald Wavell fell over a barb-wired seawall at Singapore and was rushed to a hospital. His back was injured and he was incommunicado for four days.
» In-depth article - US forces arrived at the Dutch islands of Curaçao, Bonaire, and Aruba in the Caribbean Sea.
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- Three Australian Hudson bombers attacked Surumi airfield near the village of Gasmata, New Britain; Flight Petty Officer 1st Class Satoshi Yoshino shot down the bombers flown by John Lerew and Graham Gibson. Lerew would parachute to safety and return to New Guinea on 21 Feb 1942. Transports Kinryu Maru and Kizui Maru were damaged by the Hudson bombers, killing several men.
- Tatsuta Maru arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands.
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- German warships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Prinz Eugen, accompanied by 6 destroyers, departed Brest, France at 2330 hours and began their dash through the English Channel.
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- The Japanese invasion fleet for Sumatra, Dutch East Indies departed Cam Ranh Bay, French Indo-China.
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- Battle of Bukit Timah: Japanese 5th Division attacked Indian, Chinese, and British troops along the Choa Chu Kang Road at Bukit Timah Hill in Singapore. Supported by 50 tanks, Japanese troops halted the Allied counterattacks and took the hill. After the battle, to avenge their casualties, the Japanese troops massacred Chinese civilians living in a nearby village.
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11 Feb 1943
- Admiral Yamamoto transferred his flag from Yamato to Musashi at Truk.
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» Tabular Record of Movement - Amon Göth was assigned to oversee the construction of the Plaszów labor camp in Poland.
» In-depth article - General Dwight Eisenhower was selected to command the Allied forces in Europe.
» In-depth article - A transport from the Westerbork Concentration Camp in the Netherlands arrived at Auschwitz Concentration Camp with 476 men and 708 women; 113 men and 66 women were registered, and the remaining 1,005 were killed in the gas chambers.
» In-depth article - USS Tunny set sail for Midway Atoll.
» In-depth article - US Liberty ship Starr King, while in tow by Australian destroyer HMAS Warramunga after receiving damage from an attack by Japanese submarine I-21 on the previous day, sank at 0230 hours.
- Lydia Litvyak shot down the German Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber piloted by Gerhard Weber and shared the credit for downing a Fw 190 fighter while flying a Yak-1 fighter.
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- USS Grampus departed Brisbane, Australia for her sixth war patrol.
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- Admiral Yamamoto broke his flag aboard Musashi at Truk, Caroline Islands.
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» Tabular Record of Movement - Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands.
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- Ryan Aeronautical received a US Navy contract to build three piston-jet mix-powered prototype fighters.
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11 Feb 1944
- German forces sent to relieve the Korsun pocket in Ukraine were now only 10 miles away.
- Ommaney Bay was commissioned into service.
» In-depth article - 6 B-25 bombers escorted by 20 P-40 and P-51 fighters the US 14th Air Force and the Chinese 32nd Fighter Squadron attacked the Kai Tek Airfield, Hong Kong. Fighters of the Japanese 85th Sentai rose to intercept, shooting down one B-25 bomber, 4 P-40 fighters, and 2 P-51 fighters.
- USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her seventh war patrol.
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- Major General John Lucas ordered a counterattack from the Anzio beachhead in Italy, which was repulsed by the Germans which had intercepted Allied radio communications and had prepared for this attack.
» In-depth article - The US II Corps attack toward Monte Cassino, Italy was halted by German troops. Brigadier Harry Dimoline of Indian 4th Division requested the aerial bombing of the abbey atop Monte Cassino.
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- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Kure, Japan.
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- Allied convoy RA-56 arrived at Loch Ewe, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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11 Feb 1945
- Aircraft of Air Group 80 flew training missions while its mothership USS Hancock sailed toward Japan.
» In-depth article - The Yalta Agreement was signed by Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin, with Stalin pledging to declare war on Japan three months after the German surrender.
» In-depth article - USS Wake Island participated in an exercise in the Mariana Islands.
» In-depth article - USS Pompon arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her seventh war patrol.
» In-depth article - USS Puffer departed Guam, Mariana Islands for her seventh war patrol.
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- German V-2 rocket hit the Glyco Works in West Ham, London, England, United Kingdom.
- On or around this date, German submarine U-869 was sunk off New Jersey, United States.
» In-depth article - Historical document written: Agreement Relating to POWs and Civilians Liberated by Russians and Americans
» In-depth article - Historical document written: Yalta Agreement
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11 Feb 1947
- Bataan (Independence-class) was decommissioned from service.
» In-depth article - Cabot was decommissioned from service.
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- USS Langley was decommissioned from service at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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11 Feb 1950
- Vasily Chuikov was awarded the Order of Lenin for the fourth time.
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11 Feb 1954
- USS Menhaden departed the Far East for the United States.
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11 Feb 1960
- Vasily Chuikov was awarded the Order of Lenin for the fifth time.
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11 Feb 1964
- François Flohic was named the commanding officer of a naval squadron.
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11 Feb 1965
- François Flohic stepped down as the commanding officer of a naval squadron.
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11 Feb 1975
- Vasily Chuikov was awarded the Order of Lenin for the seventh time.
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11 Feb 1980
- Vasily Chuikov was awarded the Order of Lenin for the ninth time.
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11 Feb 1991
- USS Missouri bombarded Iraqi positions in Kuwait.
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11 Feb 2000
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