4 Feb 1943 | World War II Database

4 Feb 1943

Soviet naval infantry thwarted a German attempt to land at Malaya Zemlya. Nearby, later on the same day, Soviet troops landed near Novorossiysk, southern Russia. ww2dbase [Caucasus Campaign | TH]
Rear Admiral Shintaro's destroyers extracted 3,921 Japanese soldiers from Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands successfully, but four of his destroyers were damaged by air attack from Henderson Field. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | CPC]
British 8th Army entered Tunisia. ww2dbase [AC]
USS Tunny's crew found a six feet long black and yellow striped snake aboard and disposed of it. Later on the same day, she detected a hospital ship and chose not to take any action. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
Destroyer Yukikaze evacuated troops from Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | CPC]
USS Sunfish began her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Sunfish (Gato-class) | CPC]
USS Nicholas arrived at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides and began repairs alongside tender USS Dixie. ww2dbase [Nicholas | DS]

British Western Pacific Territories

US Army Air Forces 70th Bombardment Squadron of 38th Bombardment Group, equipped with B-26 medium bombers, was transferred out of Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Henderson Field | Lunga Point, Guadalcanal | CPC]

Germany

In Germany, three days of national mourning began over the disaster at Stalingrad, Russia. All theatres, cinemas and night clubs were closed. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | AC]
The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against the dock facilities at Emden, Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | RAF Thurleigh | Emden | DS]

Libya

Winston Churchill visited Tripoli, Libya and inspected British 8th Army. ww2dbase [Winston Churchill | Tripoli | CPC]

Poland

A transport of 890 Jews from Westerbork Concentration Camp in the Netherlands arrived at Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland. 48 of the 312 males and 52 of the females were registered; the remaining 790 were sent to the gas chambers. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Auschwitz Concentration Camp | Oswiecim | CPC]

United States

Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier USS Card departed Norfolk, Virginia bound for New York, New York. ww2dbase [Norfolk Navy Yard | Card | Norfolk, Virginia | DS]