10 Jan 1945



- Female prisoners of Uckermark Concentration Camp who were not able to work were exterminated. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | CPC]
- German 7.Gebirgs Division retreated from Lätäseno, Finland. ww2dbase [TH]
- Heavy cruiser USS Chicago (CA-136) was commissioned with Captain Richard R. Hartung in command. ww2dbase [AC]
- A Japanese Army special attack aircraft damaged USS Le Ray Wilson in the Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 2 | CPC]
- 45 Japanese Army Renraku-tei special attack boats attacked American ships in Lingayen Gulf, Philippine Islands, sinking 2 LCI gunboats and damaged a few others. ww2dbase [Renraku-tei-class | CPC]
- USS Puffer attacked a Japanese convoy in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, expending 17 torpedoes and observing 8 hits. She claimed the sinking of an oiler, a freighter,and a destroyer, but ultimately was only given credit for the sinking of Japanese Coast Defense Vessel No. 42. ww2dbase [Puffer | CPC]
- USS Archerfish departed Guam, starting her sixth war patrol. ww2dbase [Archerfish | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: The first 2 enlisted WAVES arrived for duty this date. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- Kamikaze completed a period of refitting at Ominato, Aomori Prefecture, Japan and was attached to the Combined Fleet. She departed Ominato later in the day. ww2dbase [Kamikaze | Ominato, Aomori | CPC]
- USS Ticonderoga and the other ships of Task Force 38 entered the South China Sea via Bashi Channel. ww2dbase [Ticonderoga | DS]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) and Task Force 38 entered the South China Sea via Bashi Channel to begin a series of raids on Japan's inner defenses. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Raid into the South China Sea | DS]
- USS Ticonderoga and the other ships of Task Force 38 entered the South China Sea via Bashi Channel. ww2dbase [Raid into the South China Sea | DS]




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