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• Belgium was reportedly free of German forces as of this date. ww2dbase [Liberation of Belgium | TH]
• The first of seven Ruhr dams in Germany was captured by the US First Army. ww2dbase [Fall of the Ruhr | TH]
• 15 Lancaster bombers and 12 Halifax bombers conducted minelaying operations off Helgoland and at the mouth of River Elbe, Germany. ww2dbase [CPC]
• The US submarine Barbel was sunk by Japanese aircraft southwest of Palawan, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Barbel | AC]
• Second Lieutenant Danilo of 1st Brazilian Fighter Group was shot down in flames whilst attacking trains to the Southwest of Treviso, Italy. Baling out Lieutenant Danilo walked for twenty-four days, across enemy territory before joining the partisans and finally getting through the front lines to rejoin his comrades. ww2dbase [AC]

• The British Pacific fleet consisting of four aircraft-carriers, two battleships, four cruisers, eleven destroyers, and a large fleet train of supply ships under the command of Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser with Vice-Admiral Sir Philip Vian in charge of the carriers arrived in Australia. ww2dbase [AC]

• USS Springer departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Springer | CPC]

• Seventy American B-29 Superfortress bombers dropped 160 tons of incendiaries on the Japanese city of Kobe. Most of its building were made of wood and they blazed instantly. ww2dbase [Bombing of Tokyo and Other Cities | AC]

• The Yalta Conference commenced in Russia. ww2dbase [Yalta Conference | TH]

• USS Franklin arrived at San Francisco, California, United States. ww2dbase [Franklin | CPC]

4 Feb 1945 Interactive Map