11 Jul 1944
![American 105mm Howitzer M3 shelling German forces near Carentan, France, 11 Jul 1944](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_normandy15.jpg)
![Battleship Massachusetts underway at 15 knots off Point Wilson, Washington, United States, 11 Jul 1944](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_massachusetts7.jpg)
![Battleship USS Maryland entering Drydock No. 2 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 11 Jul 1944 for repairs to her bow caused by an aerial torpedo that struck the ship while at anchor in Saipan Harbor, Mariana Islands 22 Jun 1944.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_5b6e350ca650b.jpg)
![US battleship Massachusetts leaving Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, United States following a wartime refit, 11 Jul 1944, photo 1 of 3](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_massachusetts15.jpg)
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- US VII Corps met resistance attacking toward Saint-LĂ´, France. ww2dbase [Normandy Campaign, Phase 1 | TH]
- The last 35,000 men of German 4.Armee surrendered to Soviet troops at Minsk, Byelorussia. ww2dbase [Operation Bagration | TH]
- Claus von Stauffenberg was summoned to see Adolf Hitler in Berchtesgaden, Germany regarding the situation of the Home Army. ww2dbase [Claus von Stauffenberg | CPC]
- Leng Peishu, flying a P-40N fighter, scored his first victory while covering B-24 bombers, shooting down one Ki-43-II aircraft of Japanese 48th Sentai, while damaging another. ww2dbase [Leng Peishu | CPC]
- Japanese 18th Army under Lieutenant General Hatazo Adachi launched a counterattack in the Aitape-New Hollandia area in New Guinea, placing pressure on American troops but sustaining heavy casualties. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Dutch New Guinea | CPC]
- The full strength of Soviet 115th Corps was now located on the northern bank of the Vuoksi River in Finland. ww2dbase [Battle of Tali-Ihantala and Battle of Vuosalmi | CPC]
- The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against railroad yards in Munich, Germany. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | Munich, Bavaria | DS]
- Light carrier Ryuho entered the drydocks at Kure, Japan. ww2dbase [Kure Naval Arsenal | Ryuho | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]
- London, England, United Kingdom received many V-1 bombs and over 38 deaths were reported. The worst incident, killing 14, was at Annerley Road in Crystal Palace, south-east London. At Public House, The Paxon's Arms was hit close by in Clapham, 11 people in the pub were killed. At Deptford, south-east London, 11 dock workers were killed, with cranes and workshops destroyed. ww2dbase [Vergeltungswaffe 1 | V-Weapons Campaign | London, England | HM]
- USS Ranger departed Norfolk, Virginia bound for the Panama Canal. ww2dbase [Norfolk Navy Yard | Ranger | Norfolk, Virginia | DS]
- USS Whale arrived at Midway Atoll, ending her eighth war patrol. ww2dbase [Whale | Midway Bases | Midway | CPC]
![American 105mm Howitzer M3 shelling German forces near Carentan, France, 11 Jul 1944](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_normandy15.jpg)
![Battleship Massachusetts underway at 15 knots off Point Wilson, Washington, United States, 11 Jul 1944](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_massachusetts7.jpg)
![Battleship USS Maryland entering Drydock No. 2 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 11 Jul 1944 for repairs to her bow caused by an aerial torpedo that struck the ship while at anchor in Saipan Harbor, Mariana Islands 22 Jun 1944.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_5b6e350ca650b.jpg)
![US battleship Massachusetts leaving Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, United States following a wartime refit, 11 Jul 1944, photo 1 of 3](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_massachusetts15.jpg)
See all photos dated 11 Jul 1944
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