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• During the night, 15 Soviet bombers attacked German battleship Tirpitz to little effect. ww2dbase [Tirpitz | CPC]
• The Korsun pocket in Ukraine received a blistering bombardment by Soviet forces as an inducement to surrender. ww2dbase [TH]
• USS Snook fired four torpedoes at a Japanese patrol craft; all torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Snook | CPC]
• Winston Churchill wrote to Harold Alexander, urging him to order the field generals at Anzio, Italy to be more aggressive. ww2dbase [Battle of Anzio | CPC]
• Cruiser USS Indianapolis and escort USS Bailey departed Majuro bound for Kwajalein. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]
• Destroyers USS Nicholas and USS O’Bannon departed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii as convoy escorts bound for the Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Nicholas | DS]

• 59 SBD dive bombers, 24 TBF torpedo bombers, and 99 fighters attacked Vunakanau Airfield at Rabaul, New Britain. This attack was followed by another attack on Vunakanau Airfield by 24 B-25 bombers escorted by 20 fighters. Finally, a third attack wave with 21 B-24 bombers escorted by 28 fighters which targeted both Vunakanau Airfield and Tobera Airfield. Vunakanau's runways were hit by two 2,000-pound bombs by B-24 bombers. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 3 | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]

• The Allies turned over control of southern Italy to the Italian royal government. ww2dbase [TH]
• German 4.Fallschirmjäger Division, with a Italian parachute regiment within its ranks, arrived at Anzio, Italy. ww2dbase [Anzio, Lazio | CPC]

• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Beppu, Japan. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Beppu, Oita | CPC]
• Landing ship No. 128 was launched. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]

• Captain Ralph Jennings relieved Captain J. J. Clark as captain of the USS Yorktown (Essex-class) at Majuro; J. J. Clark was promoted to Rear Admiral. ww2dbase [J. J. Clark | Majuro | DS]

• USS Honolulu and USS St. Louis departed Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides bound for Tulagi, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Honolulu | St. Louis | Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo | DS]

• USS Permit damaged a Japanese cruiser in the Pacific Ocean, hitting her with 1 of 4 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Permit | CPC]
• At the southern edge of the Taiwan Strait, submarine USS Spearfish intercepted a Japanese convoy consisting of one large troop transport, three medium-sized cargo ships, and three escorts. Spearfish fire four torpedoes at the troop transport with two hits. One of the torpedoes that missed went on and struck the cargo ship Tatsuwa Maru. The troop ship sank within minutes while Tatsuwa Maru was only damaged. ww2dbase [Spearfish | Taiwan Strait | DS]

• Patrol Boat No. 102 arrived at Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines at 1440 hours. ww2dbase [Stewart | Bongao, Tawi-Tawi | CPC]

• UIT-25 arrived at Penang, Straits Settlements. ww2dbase [Luigi Torelli | Penang | CPC]

• USS Ranger was floated out of drydock and departed Boston bound for Quonset Point, Rhode Island. ww2dbase [Boston Navy Yard | Ranger | Boston, Massachusetts | DS]

10 Feb 1944 Interactive Map