11 Mar 1944



- By this date, 9,000 men and 1,300 animals were delivered to northern Burma for Operation Thursday. ww2dbase [Operation Thursday | CPC]
- Repair ship Akashi received provisions from auxiliary storeship Kitakami Maru at Palau Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | CPC]
- The French submarines Pascal and Redoutable were sunk during an air raid. They had been re-floated after being scuttled on 27 Nov 1942. ww2dbase [HM]
- Aircraft of No. 466 Squadron RAAF conducted minelaying operations off of Helgoland, Germany. ww2dbase [North Sea | CPC]
- US submarine Bowfin (SS-287) sank the Japanese army cargo ship Tsukikawa Maru, off Halmahera Island in Dutch East Indies, hitting her with all four of four torpedoes fired. Bowfin continued to attack the Asaka Maru, which had arrived to rescue Tsukikawa Maru's survivors, with four torpedoes, all of which missed. The Japanese minelayer Wakatake and army aircraft carried out ineffective counterattacks on the American submarine. ww2dbase [Bowfin | HM, CPC]
- US 15th Air Force aircraft sank the German submarines U-380 and U-410 at the Missiessy Docks in Toulon, France. ww2dbase [Toulon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | HM]
- The German submarine UIT-22 (formerly Italian submarine Alpino Bagnolini; Oberleutnant zur See Carl Wunderlich) was sunk by three British Catalina aircraft belonging to No. 262 Squadron RAF on her first patrol since the German takeover. According to records made available, this South African squadron was sent to the attack area after detailed instructions about the rendezvous point in the Indian Ocean had been deciphered. ww2dbase [HM]
- The British ambassador in Washington DC, United States voiced the opinion that revealing the Holocaust to the German people would not be an effective propaganda tool against the German leadership. ww2dbase [Washington | CPC]
- About 300 Jewish women and children of Split, Yugoslavia were rounded up, sent to Jasenovac Concentration Camp, and killed. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Split, Croatia | CPC]




11 Mar 1944 Interactive Map
Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis
Did you enjoy this article or find this article helpful? If so, please consider supporting us on Patreon. Even $1 per month will go a long way! Thank you. Share this article with your friends: Stay updated with WW2DB: |
|
Search WW2DB & Partner Sites
News
- » WW2DB's 16th Anniversary (29 Dec 2020)
- » Hidekazu Tamura shared his feelings toward his war time internment (2 Sep 2020)
- » WW2DB's 15th Anniversary (29 Dec 2019)
- » Japan and Russia to continue negotiations on the Kuriles territorial dispute (22 Nov 2019)
- » Wreck of Akagi Found (21 Oct 2019)
- » Wreck of Kaga Found (18 Oct 2019)
- » See all news
Random Photograph
Current Site Statistics
- » 1,094 biographies
- » 332 events
- » 38,156 timeline entries
- » 1,126 ships
- » 337 aircraft models
- » 190 vehicle models
- » 352 weapon models
- » 117 historical documents
- » 225 facilities
- » 464 book reviews
- » 27,154 photos
- » 351 maps
Famous WW2 Quote
"The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years."James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, 23 Feb 1945