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• USS Franklin arrived at Pearl Harbor. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Whale began her tenth war patrol. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Albanian partisan units liberated the capital city of Tirana, Albania. ww2dbase [TH]

• The French 1st Corps captured the city of Belfort in the Vosges region, but the Germans clung so tenaciously to defences beyond the city that it would not be until 25 November 1944 that the French advance could be resumed. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]

• The Hinzert Concentration Camp administratively became a satellite camp of Buchenwald Concentration Camp. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

• Light carrier Ryuho departed Kure, Japan and arrived at Matsuyama, Japan later on the same day. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• USS Boarfish transited the Panama Canal. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

• USS Puffer completed her scheduled overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

• Bulgarian troops captured Pristina, Yugoslavia. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

21 Nov 1944 Interactive Map