22 Nov 1943




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- Air Vice Marshal M. Henderson became the commanding officer of the No. 12 Group RAF. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The German occupation of the Dodecanese Islands was completed. ww2dbase [Dodecanese Campaign | TH]
- Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Chiang Kaishek met at Cairo, Egypt. In the evening, Anglo-American leaders including Churchill, Roosevelt, Harry Hopkins, Louis Mountbatten, Joseph Stilwell, and Claire Chennault dined together. ww2dbase [Cairo Conference | CPC]
- USS Scorpion observed a Japanese convoy in the Mariana Islands but was unable to attack. ww2dbase [Scorpion | CPC]
- USS Seahorse sank Japanese cargo ship Daishu Maru south of Japan, hitting her with two of four torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Seahorse | CPC]
- 418th Night Fighter Squadron (flying P-61 aircraft) of USAAF V Fighter Command was transferred from Milne Bay to Dobodura Airfield, Australian Papua. ww2dbase [Dobodura Airfield | Dobodura | CPC]
- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Truk | CPC]
- Naka arrived at Ponape, Caroline Islands and embarked about 700 troops intended for Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. ww2dbase [Naka | Ponape | CPC]
- Patrol Boat No. 102 completed her work at Surabaya, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Stewart | Surabaya, Java | CPC]
- Berlin, Germany was heavily bombed by 764 RAF aircraft (469 Lancaster, 234 Halifax, 50 Stirling, and 11 Mosquito), dropping over 2,300 tons of explosives; 26 bombers were lost. 175,000 Germans were made homeless and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church was destroyed. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Berlin | TH]
- The Kroll Opera House in Berlin, Germany was damaged by British bombers. ww2dbase [Reichstag Building and Kroll Opera House | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Berlin | CPC]
- Commander Hinton A. Owens relieved Commander Donald C. Varian as the commanding officer of USS Luce at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Luce | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC, DS]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) concentrated on installations and planes at Mili Atoll, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Gilbert Islands Campaign | J. J. Clark | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Mili Atoll | DS]
- A US aircraft conducted a reconnaissance flight over Taichu Airfield ("Toyohara") in central Taiwan. ww2dbase [Taichu Airfield | Taichu | CPC]
- Allied convoy JW-54B departed Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Liverpool, England | CPC]
- USS Ranger departed Scapa Flow bound for Hvalfjörður, Iceland. ww2dbase [Ranger | Orkney Islands, Scotland | DS]
- USS Gar completed overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States. ww2dbase [Gar | Mare Island Navy Yard | Vallejo, California | CPC]




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