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• Troops of the German 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" massacred 86 Belgians in retaliation of the bombing of their train by resistance fighters. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Soviet troops entered Romania. ww2dbase [CPC]
• Soviets threaten to shoot one third of all German prisoners of war if the German 1.Panzerarmee's 18 divisions would not surrender. ww2dbase [TH]
• USS Tunny departed Palau Islands. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]

• Escort carrier USS Card arrived at Casablanca, French Morocco with her load of Army aircraft and personnel. ww2dbase [Card | Casablanca | DS]

• The first B-29 bomber of US 58th Bomb Wing landed at Chakulia, near Calcutta to start working up for a new strategic bomber force equipped with B-29 bombers in India with advance bases in China from which targets in northeastern China (Manchuria) and Kyushu, Japan could be attacked. ww2dbase [Chakulia, Bihar | AC]

• British freighter Samcalia rescued 25 survivors of American Liberty Ship Richard Hovey, which was sunk by Japanese submarine I-26 in the Arabian Sea four days earlier. ww2dbase [Arabian Sea | HM]

• Nachi began a period of guard ship duty at Ominato Guard District, Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Nachi | Mutsu, Aomori | CPC]

• USS Guitarro departed Balboa, Panama Canal Zone. ww2dbase [Guitarro | Balboa | CPC]

• Roza Shanina was made the commander of the all-female 1st Sniper Platoon of the Soviet 184th Rifle Division. ww2dbase [Roza Shanina | CPC]

• General Rikichi Ando was named the governor-general of Taiwan. ww2dbase [Rikichi Ando | CPC]

2 Apr 1944 Interactive Map