4 May 1944



- The United States government lifted rationing for most types of meat. ww2dbase [CPC]
- RAF bombers struck Budapest, Hungary. ww2dbase [TH]
- A new German plan called for the deportation of 3,000 Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz Concentration Camp daily, starting on 15 May 1944. A meeting was held on this date in Vienna between German SS officials, Hungarian officials, and railroad officials to determine the logistics of such an operation. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | CPC]
- The US Joint Chiefs of Staff decided to preliminarily plan landing operations on Taiwan, Philippine Islands, and mainland China. ww2dbase [Pacific Strategy Conference | CPC]
- James Johnson scored his 28th victory. ww2dbase [James Johnson | CPC]
- USS Parche attacked a Japanese convoy south of Taiwan, sinking Taiyoku Maru and Shoryu Maru and damaging a third, hitting them with 7 of 10 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Parche | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Blackout discontinued. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- USS Flying Fish departed Majuro, Marshall Islands for her tenth war patrol. ww2dbase [Flying Fish | Majuro | CPC]
- USS Alabama arrived at Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Alabama | Majuro | CPC]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) returned to Majuro, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Majuro Atoll | DS]




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