25 Apr 1944 | World War II Database

25 Apr 1944

Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Saipan. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
The Emsland concentration camps in Germany established the Kommandos Nord (Department North), which began to construct concentration camps in Norway north of the Arctic Circle; 1,404 prisoners were transferred there when completed. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
Australian troops captured Madang, New Guinea. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
Anglo-Indian troops attacked Ningthoukhong, India. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

Germany

Adolf Hitler made his last major public appearance at Hans-Valentin Hube's funeral in Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]

Japan

United Kingdom

George Patton was at a welcome club in Knutsford, England, United Kingdom as the guest of honor. Learning that his visit was supposed to be unofficial, he freely spoke of a post-war world in which the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union would together rule the world. A reporter carelessly missed writing down the Soviet Union, thus when the story was published several days later, it appeared as if Patton was disrespecting the Soviet Union. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

Photo(s) dated 25 Apr 1944