16 Apr 1944
- Red Army units cleared Yalta, Ukraine of remaining pockets of German resistance. ww2dbase [TH]
- US 83rd Infantry Division arrived in England, United Kingdom in preparation for the Normandy, France invasion. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Wisconsin was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Wisconsin | CPC]
- USS Parche reached waters south of Taiwan. ww2dbase [Parche | CPC]
- USS Finback conducted a reconnaissance mission at Oroluk Atoll, Caroline Islands, firing on a damaged ship and a tower on land during the mission. ww2dbase [Finback | Oroluk | CPC]
- Indian 5th Brigade arrived at Jotsoma, India, allowing Indian 161st Brigade to prepare for an advance toward Kohima. ww2dbase [Battle of Imphal-Kohima | Jotsoma, Assam | CPC]
- In Italy, German Armeegruppe von Zangen placed the 800-strong "Lupo" Italian naval infantry battalion under German "Hermann Göring" Division for anti-partisan training. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Submarine USS Growler arrived at Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands after her eighth war patrol in the East China sea, a patrol that was hampered throughout by bad weather and rough seas. ww2dbase [Growler | Majuro | DS]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) holds Crossing the Line ceremonies as the ship cross the equator ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | DS]
- A transport of 1,500 Jews from Drancy Concentration Camp outside of Paris arrived at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp; it was the 71st transport from Drancy to Auschwitz. 165 men and 223 women were registered into the camp, while the remaining 1,112 were gassed. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Auschwitz Concentration Camp | Oswiecim | CPC]
- USS Miami departed Boston, Massachusetts, United States. ww2dbase [Miami | Boston, Massachusetts | CPC]
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