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17 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.

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Entries

Leyte

U.S. Sixth Army: In X Corps area, 3d Bn of 128th Inf, 32d Div, gets to within 500 yards of Limon, but 1st Bn is still held up by enemy on slopes of Corkscrew Ridge.

Source US Army CMH chronology (opens external site)
Manus I.

77th Div sails for Leyte.

Source US Army CMH chronology (opens external site)
U.S.

CCS approve Adm Mountbatten’s proposal of late October to clear Arakan coast; reject the Kra Isthmus operation; ask for plan to develop Cocos Is., as staging base.

Source US Army CMH chronology (opens external site)
UK Parliament

British Prisoners of War, Siam (Conditions) (House of Commons)

Official record of proceedings in the House of Commons, sitting of 1944-11-17: "British Prisoners of War, Siam (Conditions)."

Source Hansard (UK Parliament) (opens external site)
China-Burma-India Theater

THOR mission records show at least 137 Allied sorties (34 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-11-17, 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.
Pacific Theater

THOR mission records show at least 146 Allied sorties (31 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1944-11-17, flown by USAAF 5th Air Force, USAAF 7th Air Force, USAAF 13th 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.
Theater not recorded

THOR mission records show at least 34 Allied sorties (1 recorded unit missions) in the Theater not recorded on 1944-11-17, flown by RAF. Targets included an unrecorded target country.

Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)

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

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17 November 1944

Entries

U.S. Sixth Army: In X Corps area, 3d Bn of 128th Inf, 32d Div, gets to within 500 yards of Limon, but 1st Bn is still held up by enemy on slopes of Corkscrew Ridge.

77th Div sails for Leyte.

CCS approve Adm Mountbatten’s proposal of late October to clear Arakan coast; reject the Kra Isthmus operation; ask for plan to develop Cocos Is., as staging base.

British Prisoners of War, Siam (Conditions) (House of Commons)

THOR mission records show at least 137 Allied sorties (34 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-11-17, flown by USAAF 14th Air Force, USAAF 10th Air Force. Targets included CHINA, BURMA.

THOR mission records show at least 146 Allied sorties (31 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1944-11-17, flown by USAAF 5th Air Force, USAAF 7th Air Force, USAAF 13th Air Force, USAAF 11th Air Force.

THOR mission records show at least 34 Allied sorties (1 recorded unit missions) in the Theater not recorded on 1944-11-17, flown by RAF. Targets included an unrecorded target country.

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