11 Jan 1944


- Yamato was spotted by USS Halibut at 1800 hours, but Halibut was unable to attack. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- Destroyer Yukikaze departed Moji, Japan to escort carrier Chitose to Singapore. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- USS Cod completed her refit at Fremantle, Australia. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- The death sentence was carried out on Count Ciano and 17 others. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
- US carrier aircraft attacked Japanese bases throughout Indochina. ww2dbase [TH]
- Several hundred Spanish Jews arrested in Greece and imprisoned at Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp were returned to Spain. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- US 8th Air Force launched over 600 bombers against Ascherleben, Braunschweig, and Magdeburg in Germany. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
- Leighton McCarthy presented his letters of credentials to President of the United States Franklin Roosevelt, thus becoming the first Canadian ambassador to the United States. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Hartwig von Ludwiger was made the deputy commanding officer of 22nd Mountain Corps. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- B-25 bombers of US 42nd Bomb Group attacked Rabaul, New Britain, damaging 8 aircraft on the ground at Vunakanau Airfield. This was the first land-based bomber attack on Rabaul from the Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Irako arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- Kamoi began escorting tanker Nichiei Maru at 0000 hours south of Laut Island, Dutch Borneo; they arrived at Balikpapan at 1445 hours. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- USS Wake Island departed San Diego, California, United States. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]



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