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3 February 1944

What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.

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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.

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Italy

ACMF: Gen Alexander forms NZ 2d Div and Ind 4th Div into NZ Corps under Lt Gen Sir Bernard C. Freyberg and places the corps under U.S. Fifth Army command.

Source US Army CMH chronology (opens external site)
Kwajalein Atoll

Adm Hill arrives by plane from Majuro to take part in formal planning for invasion of Eniwetok with forces previously allocated as reserves for Kwajalein. Planning continues until the expeditionary force sails on 15th.

Source US Army CMH chronology (opens external site)
American planes bomb Eniwetok in the Marshalls, later to be a major B-29 base.

Source Wikipedia (opens external site)
During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.

Source Wikipedia (opens external site)
China-Burma-India Theater

THOR mission records show at least 66 Allied sorties (6 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-02-03, flown by USAAF 10th Air Force, RAF. Targets included BURMA.

Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)

THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
Mediterranean Theater

THOR mission records show at least 32 Allied sorties (2 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1944-02-03, flown by USAAF 12th Air Force. Targets included ITALY.

Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)

THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
Pacific Theater

THOR mission records show at least 136 Allied sorties (24 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1944-02-03, flown by USAAF 5th Air Force, USAAF 7th Air Force, USAAF 13th Air Force, USAAF 14th Air Force.

Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)

THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.

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ACMF: Gen Alexander forms NZ 2d Div and Ind 4th Div into NZ Corps under Lt Gen Sir Bernard C. Freyberg and places the corps under U.S. Fifth Army command.

Adm Hill arrives by plane from Majuro to take part in formal planning for invasion of Eniwetok with forces previously allocated as reserves for Kwajalein. Planning continues until the expeditionary force sails on 15th.

American planes bomb Eniwetok in the Marshalls, later to be a major B-29 base.

During the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, U.S. Army and Marine forces seize Kwajalein Atoll from the defending Japanese garrison.

THOR mission records show at least 66 Allied sorties (6 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-02-03, flown by USAAF 10th Air Force, RAF. Targets included BURMA.

THOR mission records show at least 32 Allied sorties (2 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1944-02-03, flown by USAAF 12th Air Force. Targets included ITALY.

THOR mission records show at least 136 Allied sorties (24 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1944-02-03, flown by USAAF 5th Air Force, USAAF 7th Air Force, USAAF 13th Air Force, USAAF 14th Air Force.

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