21 Nov 1944



- USS Franklin arrived at Pearl Harbor. ww2dbase [Franklin | CPC]
- Albanian partisan units liberated the capital city of Tirana, Albania. ww2dbase [TH]
- USS Whale began her tenth war patrol. ww2dbase [Whale | CPC]
- 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 [Advance to the Rhine | Belfort, Franche-Comté | AC]
- The Hinzert Concentration Camp administratively became a satellite camp of Buchenwald Concentration Camp. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Buchenwald Concentration Camp | Hinzert, Trier | CPC]
- U-2501 was assigned to the 8th Submarine Flotilla, which was a training unit. ww2dbase [U-2501 | CPC]
- Light carrier Ryuho departed Kure, Japan and arrived at Matsuyama, Japan later on the same day. ww2dbase [Ryuho | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]
- USS Boarfish transited the Panama Canal. ww2dbase [Panama Canal | Boarfish | CPC]
- USS Puffer completed her scheduled overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States. ww2dbase [Mare Island Navy Yard | Puffer | Vallejo, California | CPC]
- Bulgarian troops captured Pristina, Yugoslavia. ww2dbase [Belgrade Strategic Offensive Operation | Pristina, Serbia | CPC]




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