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4 November 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.
8 of 10 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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Leyte
U.S. Sixth Army: X Corps, directed to take up defensive role against seaborne attack in Carigara area and to patrol to locate sites for arty within range of Ormoc, regroups.
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Yugoslavia
Sibenik, on Dalmatian coast, falls to Partisans.
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The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies.
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Operation Pheasant, an Allied offensive to liberate North Brabant in the Netherlands, ends successfully.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 70 Allied sorties (18 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-11-04, flown by USAAF 14th Air Force, USAAF 10th Air Force. Targets included CHINA, BURMA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Mediterranean Theater
THOR mission records show at least 637 Allied sorties (75 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1944-11-04, flown by USAAF 12th Air Force, USAAF 15th Air Force, USAAF 9th 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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Pacific Theater
THOR mission records show at least 186 Allied sorties (39 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1944-11-04, flown by USAAF 5th Air Force, USAAF 13th Air Force, USAAF 7th Air Force, USAAF 11th 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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