2 Feb 1944




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- Luzk and Rovno, Ukraine were captured by the Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front. ww2dbase [TH]
- Stalin allowed USAAF aircraft to use Russian bases. ww2dbase [Joseph Stalin | TH]
- Light carrier Hosho was assigned to the Combined Fleet as a training carrier. ww2dbase [Hosho | CPC]
- Rear Admiral Ralph Christie disembarked submarine USS Bowfin at Exmouth Gulf after observing the second half of the boat's third war patrol. ww2dbase [Bowfin | Exmouth Gulf | DS]
- Edmund Herring was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia. ww2dbase [Edmund Herring | Victoria | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Part of ARGUS-15 departed. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- Germans defeated American troops in the Battle of Cisterna near Anzio, Italy. ww2dbase [Battle of Anzio | Cisterna, Lazio | CPC]
- A transport from Trieste, Italy arrived at Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Most of the prisoners were sent to the gas chambers upon arrival. ww2dbase [Auschwitz Concentration Camp | Oswiecim | CPC]
- In Poland, the Warsaw area HSSPF, SS-Brigadeführer Franz Kutschera, was assassinated at the gate to his headquarters. ww2dbase [Warsaw | TH]
- A transport from Trieste, Italy arrived at Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Most of the prisoners were sent to the gas chambers upon arrival. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Oswiecim | CPC]
- USS Tunny completed her repairs at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California, United States. ww2dbase [Tunny | San Francisco, California | CPC]




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