9 Feb 1944

- USS Gar ended her tenth war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Walter Heitz passed away. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- The Royal Navy's Second Escort Group (Captain F. J. Walker CB, DSO and three bars) sank the German submarines U-734 and U-238. ww2dbase [AC]
- German troops captured Aprilia, Italy. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Beppu, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- Kamikaze began a period of refitting at Hakodate, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- The German Foreign Ministry in the Hague reported back to Berlin that to date 108,000 Jews had been deported from the Netherlands. The Dutch population considered German methods brutal, and church circles were actively promoting disapproval for the deportations. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, in a speech in the House of Lords in Britain openly criticised the Government over the bombing of German cities. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]
- Lieutenant Commander James Grady was named the commanding officer of USS Whale, relieving Lieutenant Commander Albert Burrows. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]


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