11 Jul 1944




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- US VII Corps met resistance attacking toward Saint-Lô, France. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
- The last 35,000 men of German 4.Armee surrendered to Soviet troops at Minsk, Byelorussia. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
- Claus von Stauffenberg was summoned to see Adolf Hitler in Berchtesgaden, Germany regarding the situation of the Home Army. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Leng Peishu, flying a P-40N fighter, scored his first victory while covering B-24 bombers, shooting down one Ki-43-II aircraft of Japanese 48th Sentai, while damaging another. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Japanese 18th Army under Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi launched a counterattack in the Aitape-New Hollandia area in New Guinea, placing pressure on American troops but sustaining heavy casualties. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- The full strength of Soviet 115th Corps was now located on the northern bank of the Vuoksi River in Finland. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Light carrier Ryuho entered the drydocks at Kure, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- Kamoi completed receiving a new coat of paint at Singapore. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- London, England, United Kingdom received many V-1 bombs and over 38 deaths were reported. The worst incident, killing 14, was at Annerley Road in Crystal Palace, south-east London. At Public House, The Paxon's Arms was hit close by in Clapham, 11 people in the pub were killed. At Deptford, south-east London, 11 dock workers were killed, with cranes and workshops destroyed. ww2dbase [Main Article | Event | HM]
- USS Whale arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her eighth war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]




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