21 out 1944
  • German troops surrendered at Aachen, Germany. ww2dbase [TH]
  • Canadian troops captured Breskens, the Netherlands. ww2dbase [Battle of the Scheldt Estuary | TH]
  • German Jews who were previously protected by their Aryan spouses were now deported from Germany. ww2dbase [CPC]
  • The German RSHA office ordered that the Gestapo were given the permission to execute foreign laborers. ww2dbase [CPC]
  • USS Segundo arrived at Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands, ending her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Segundo | CPC]
  • Otto Skorzeny arrived at Wolfsschanze in East Prussia, Germany. ww2dbase [Otto Skorzeny | CPC]
  • HMAS Australia was hit by a special attack aircraft off the Philippine Islands; it was unsure whether this was a Japanese Army or Navy aircraft as both branches launched tokko attacks on this date. ww2dbase [Australia | CPC]
  • USS Chub was commissioned into service, Commander C. D. Rhymes, Jr. in command. ww2dbase [Chub | CPC]
  • USS Gunnel started her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Gunnel | CPC]
China
  • Joseph Stilwell departed Chongqing, China in the afternoon for the United States via India. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chongqing | CPC]
Estados Unidos Filipinas
  • Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Manila | CPC]
  • After correcting a 13-degree list and making temporary repairs, USS Honolulu departed Leyte Gulf, Philippines bound for Kossol Passage, Palau. ww2dbase [Honolulu | Leyte Gulf | DS]
Hong Kong
  • Kamoi departed Hong Kong at 1811 hours with convoy HOMO-01 for Moji, Japan; the convoy was escorted by destroyer Asago, minesweeper W-101, and a submarine chaser. ww2dbase [Kamoi | CPC]
Itália
  • British V Corps crossed the Savio River in Italy. ww2dbase [Gothic Line Offensive | Emilia-Romagna | CPC]
  • After dark, on the Savio River in northeastern Italy, Canadian Army Seaforth Highlanders Private Ernest Alvia Smith used a PIAT anti-tank launcher to destroy a German Panther tank and two self-propelled guns and then used a Thompson submachine gun to kill or repel 30 German soldiers. He would later be awarded the Victoria Cross for this action. ww2dbase [PIAT | CPC]
Japão
  • USS Sterlet attacked a Japanese cargo ship off the southwestern coast of Amami Oshima, Japan; all three torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Sterlet | Okinawa | CPC]
Oceano Pacífico Taiwan
  • Nachi departed Mako, Pescadores Islands with Cruiser Division 21. ww2dbase [Nachi | Mako, Hoko | CPC]
21 out 1944 Fotos
Australian heavy cruisers Shropshire and Australia seen through a gunsight of American cruiser Phoenix, off Leyte, Philippine Islands, 21 Oct 1944Film actor Pat OUSS Baltimore undergoing overhaul work at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 21 Oct 1944; note cruiser USS Indianapolis in backgroundUSS Montpelier at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States following overhaul, 21 Oct 1944; USS Indianapolis in background
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