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• US Third Army crossed the Meuse River while the British forces reached Ghent, Belgium. ww2dbase [Liberation of Belgium | TH]
• US 83rd Infantry Division became part of the VIII Corps of the Ninth Army of the US 12th Army Group. ww2dbase [CPC]
• USS Bailey departed the Solomon Islands as part of a convoy bound for the landings on the southern Palau islands. ww2dbase [Bailey | Palau Islands and Ulithi Islands Campaigns | DS]

• Ján Golian was given the rank of general and was given responsibility to direct the Slovak National Uprising. ww2dbase [Slovak National Uprising | CPC]

• The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against the chemical plant at Ludwigshafen, Germany. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Ludwigshafen | DS]

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Part of Night Air Group 104 on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]

• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Kure, Japan. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]
• Landing ship No. 110 was completed and was transferred to the Japanese Army. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
• The keel of landing ship No. 145 was laid down by Kawanami Kogyo. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
• UIT-24 departed Kobe, Japan. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | Kobe, Hyogo | CPC]

• USS Whale departed Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Whale | Tanapag, Saipan | CPC]

• USS Kete arrived at the Panama Canal Zone. ww2dbase [Kete | CPC]

• Jewish ghettos at Łódź, Poland were evacuated by German authorities. ww2dbase [Łódź | CPC]

• Soviet forces repulsed a German-Hungarian counter attack near Klausenberg, Romania. ww2dbase [Jassy-Kishinev Offensive and Romania's Surrender | Klausenberg | TH]

• Patrol Boat No. 102, Patrol Boat No. 104, and Submarine Chaser No. 21 departed Kirun (Chinese: Keelung), Taiwan at 0920 hours to escort convoy TAMO-25 consisted of Saiho Maru, Mitsuki Maru, Atlas Maru, Kokka Maru, Hengshan Maru, Meiryu Maru, Tatsusho Maru, and Tatsutama Maru. Kokka Maru ran aground shortly after departing Kirun; she would later be refloated and returned to Kirun. ww2dbase [Stewart | Kirun, Taihoku | CPC]

• Allied convoy RA-59A arrived at Loch Ewe, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Loch Ewe, Scotland | CPC]

5 Sep 1944 Interactive Map