11 Feb 1945
- Aircraft of Air Group 80 flew training missions while Hancock sailed toward Japan. ww2dbase [Albert O. Vorse, Jr. | Hancock | DS]
- The Yalta Agreement was signed by Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin, with Stalin pledging to declare war on Japan three months after the German surrender. ww2dbase [Yalta Conference | CPC]
- USS Wake Island participated in an exercise in the Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Wake Island | CPC]
- USS Puffer departed Guam, Mariana Islands for her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Puffer | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Catapult and Arresting Gear facilities first used (VF-100 with FM-2 and F6F-5 aircraft). ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- Kamikaze departed Mako, Hoko Prefecture, Taiwan. ww2dbase [Kamikaze | Mako, Hoko | CPC]
- German V-2 rocket hit the Glyco Works in West Ham, London, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | Vergeltungswaffe 2 | London, England | CPC]
- On or around this date, German submarine U-869 was sunk off New Jersey, United States. ww2dbase [U-869 | New Jersey | CPC]
- Loaded with 47 US Army P-47 Thunderbolts and 175 US Army and Navy personnel as passengers, escort carrier USS Card and the similarly loaded USS Bogue departed New York as part of Convoy CU-58 bound for Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [P-47 Thunderbolt | Card | Bogue | New York | DS]
- USS Pompon arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Midway Bases | Pompon | Midway | CPC]
11 Feb 1945 Interactive Map
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