30 Dec 1944




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- King George II of Greece declared a regency, leaving the throne vacant. ww2dbase [George II | CPC]
- I-400 was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [I-400 | CPC]
- German submarine control requested a passage report from U-869, which did not respond. ww2dbase [U-869 | CPC]
- USS Parche began her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Parche | CPC]
- Germans again attacked in the Bastogne corridor in Belgium. Meanwhile, British troops attacked Houffalize, Belgium, but they were stopped by fierce German defense. ww2dbase [Battle of the Bulge | TH]
- USS Ticonderoga departed Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Ticonderoga | Ulithi | DS]
- The US Navy Fast Carrier Task Force sortied from Ulithi, Caroline Islands for the invasion of Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 2 | Ulithi | CPC]
- USS Astoria departed Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Astoria (Cleveland-class) | Ulithi | CPC]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) departed Ulithi, Caroline Islands to join TF 38 in strikes in the Philippines. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Ulithi | DS]
- The keel of U-3049 was laid down by AG Weser of Deschimag in Bremen, Germany. ww2dbase [Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG | U-3049 | Bremen, Weser-Ems | CPC]
- USS Charr departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Charr | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Air Group 48 arrived on board. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- Allied troops regained most of the territory lost in Tuscany, Italy over the past few days from the latest Axis offensive. ww2dbase [Battle of Garfagnana | Toscana | CPC]
- Landing ship No. 118 was completed and was transferred to the Japanese Army. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
- Landing ship No. 146 was completed. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
- Kamoi arrived at Mutsure Jima, Yamaguchi Prefecture Japan at 1900 hours. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Mutsure Jima, Yamaguchi | CPC]
- USS Preston departed waters off Philippine Islands for Ulithi, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Preston (Fletcher-class) | CPC]
- 150 female prisoners of Auschwitz Concentration Camp were employed in the demolition squad (Abbruchkommando), working on the demolition of crematorium III. 50 female prisoners worked in the forestry-demolition squad (Gehölz-Abbruchkommando), which was filling in the incineration pits and covering them with grass and planting small trees on the grounds of crematorium IV. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Auschwitz Concentration Camp | Oswiecim | CPC]
- Two YP-80A jet fighters arrived in Burtonwood, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [P-80 Shooting Star | Burtonwood, England | CPC]
- Allied convoy JW-63 departed Loch Ewe, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Loch Ewe, Scotland | CPC]




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