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• The German Naval High Command temporarily halted preparations for Operation Sealion, seeing that at this stage of the war an invasion of Britain was not likely to happen. ww2dbase [Battle of Britain | CPC]
• Submarine Segundo was launched, sponsored by Mrs. John L. Sullivan. ww2dbase [Segundo | CPC]
• Piranha was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Piranha | CPC]
• Oberstleutnant Egon Mayer became the first German Luftwaffe fighter pilot operating solely on the western front to reach 100 victories. He would claim just two more before being killed on 2 Mar 1944 whilst attacking a formation of B-17 bombers near Sedan, France. ww2dbase [AC]

• USS Gar arrived at Open Bay on the northern coast of New Britain to pick up downed airmen who had been under the care of coast watchers. ww2dbase [Gar | New Britain | CPC]

• Troops of Sakurai Force of Japanese 55th Division penetrated lines held by Indian 7th Division in Arakan, Burma undetected. ww2dbase [Second Battle of Arakan | Arakan | CPC]

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Part of ACORN-22 departed. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
• USS Haddock arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her eighth war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Haddock | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]

• US forces reached the outskirts of Cassino, Italy, but were held out of the town. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Cassino | Cassino, Lazio | TH]
• German and Allied artillery pieces bombarded each other at Anzio, Italy. ww2dbase [Battle of Anzio | Anzio, Lazio | CPC]

• The keel of landing ship No. 131 was laid down by Kawanami Kogyo. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]

• USAAF 453rd Bomber Group based at Old Buckenham Airfield (US Station 144) in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom was deemed ready for operations. ww2dbase [Old Buckenham Airfield | Old Buckenham, England | AC]

• USS Ranger departed Quonset Point bound for Boston, Massachusetts. ww2dbase [Ranger | Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island | DS]

• USS Gunnel departed Midway Atoll for her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Midway Bases | Gunnel | Midway | CPC]

5 Feb 1944 Interactive Map