4 Oct 1944

- British 2nd Airborne Brigade landed at Patras, Greece as well as Crete and other Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. ww2dbase [TH]
- USS Snook completed her repairs at Saipan, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Snook | CPC]
- USS Marcus Island arrived at Manus, Admiralty Islands. ww2dbase [Marcus Island | Manus, Admiralty Islands | CPC]
- USS Wasp departed Manus, Admiralty Islands. ww2dbase [Wasp (Essex-class) | Manus, Admiralty Islands | CPC]
- M18 began her part in Operation Krokodil Süd, laying mines in the southern exits of the Muhu Sound, Estonia. ww2dbase [M18 | Muhu Sound | CPC]
- Landing ship No. 134 was scuttled at Iwo Jima, Japan after being damaged by stormy weather. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | Iwo Jima | CPC]
- Kamoi departed Santa Cruz, Philippine Islands at 0745 hours, arriving at San Fernando at 1627 hours. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Santa Cruz | CPC]
- K. L. Prokhorenko stepped down as GUKR SMERSH's chief in the 1st Ukrainian Front. ww2dbase [CPC]
- A German V-2 rocket hit Rockland St Mary 6 miles southeast of Norwich, England, United Kingdom. It hit the village school directly, injuring 2 adults and 34 children, and the blast damaged 23 houses nearby. It was the worst attack on the Norwich region during the war. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | Vergeltungswaffe 2 | Rockland St Mary, England | CPC]
- Carl Spaatz announced that USAAF's Frantic operations would no longer involve the dropping or supplies for Polish resistance fighters. ww2dbase [Warsaw Uprising | England | CPC]


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