World War II Database

• Home
• » Events
• » WW2 Timeline
• » 11 Feb 1944

• Ommaney Bay was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• German forces sent to relieve the Korsun pocket in Ukraine were now only 10 miles away. ww2dbase [TH]
• 6 B-25 bombers escorted by 20 P-40 and P-51 fighters the US 14th Air Force and the Chinese 32nd Fighter Squadron attacked the Kai Tek Airfield, Hong Kong. Fighters of the Japanese 85th Sentai rose to intercept, shooting down one B-25 bomber, 4 P-40 fighters, and 2 P-51 fighters. ww2dbase [CPC]

• USS Finback arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

• In the Indian Ocean the German supply ship, Charlotte Schliemann, was sighted by a Catalina aircraft while refuelling submarine U-532. The submarine dived but on resurfacing was unable to find her supply ship. ww2dbase [AC]

• Major General John Lucas ordered a counterattack from the Anzio beachhead in Italy, which was repulsed by the Germans which had intercepted Allied radio communications and had prepared for this attack. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• The US II Corps attack toward Monte Cassino, Italy was halted by German troops. Major General Harry Dimoline of Indian 4th Division requested the aerial bombing of the abbey atop Monte Cassino. ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | CPC]

• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Kure, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• USS Permit fired 4 torpedoes at a Japanese carrier in the Pacific Ocean; all torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Allied convoy RA-56 arrived at Loch Ewe, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

11 Feb 1944 Interactive Map