26 nov 1944
  • USS Makin crossed the Equator. In the line cross ceremony, 800 pollywogs, including Rear Admiral Calvin Durgin and Captain William Whaley, were hazed and initiated by shellbacks who had previously crossed the line. ww2dbase [Makin Island | DS]
Alemanha Bélgica Estados Unidos Ilhas Carolinas Itália Oceano Pacífico
  • USS Wasp set sail for Ulithi, Caroline Islands as US Army Air Forces took over the responsibility of providing air cover for troops operating on Leyte, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Wasp (Essex-class) | CPC]
  • USS Preston guarded carriers while the carriers launched strikes against Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Preston (Fletcher-class) | CPC]
Polônia
  • Heinrich Himmler ordered the destruction of the crematoria at Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in attempt to hide evidence of mass killings. Dismantling work of Crematorium II of Auschwitz Concentration Camp began on the same day. First, the motor that pumped the air out of the gas chamber was removed and sent to Mauthausen Concentration Camp. Then, pipes were removed and sent to Gross-Rosen Concentration camp. Other equipment were removed in order and shipped into various parts of Germany. ww2dbase [Heinrich Himmler | Auschwitz Concentration Camp | Oswiecim | CPC]
Reino Unido Singapura
  • B-24 bombers of No. 159 Squadron RAF from Kharagpur in eastern India mined the Penang Strait. ww2dbase [Penang Strait, Penang | CPC]
Taiwan
  • Patrol Boat No. 102 arrived at Saei District of Takao (Chinese: Zuoying District of Kaohsiung), Taiwan at 1011 hours. ww2dbase [Stewart | Takao | CPC]
26 nov 1944 Fotos
Special attack damaged USS Essex, late Nov 1944; note Oerlikon cannon and ammunition cansJapanese paratroopers of Kaoru Airborne Raiding Detachment inside a L2D aircraft, 26 Nov 1944; person in aisle with glasses was identified as Lieutenant Takashi KakuMrs. Catherine D McCain, wife of Vice Admiral John S McCain, before the commissioning ceremony of the carrier USS Bon Homme Richard that she had sponsored seven months earlier, New York Navy Yard, 26 Nov 1944.A burial party assembled on Intrepid
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