1944年10月4日 | World War II Database

1944年10月4日

British 2nd Airborne Brigade landed at Patras, Greece as well as Crete and other Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. ww2dbase [TH]
USS Snook completed her repairs at Saipan, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Snook | CPC]

俄羅斯

K. L. Prokhorenko stepped down as GUKR SMERSH's chief in the 1st Ukrainian Front. ww2dbase [CPC]

愛沙尼亞

M18 began her part in Operation Krokodil Süd, laying mines in the southern exits of the Muhu Sound, Estonia. ww2dbase [M18 | Muhu Sound | CPC]

挪威

British aircraft attacked Bergen, Norway, damaging German Air Force catapult ship Schwabenland. ww2dbase [Schwabenland | Bergen, Vestland | CPC]

日本

Landing ship No. 134 was scuttled at Iwo Jima, Japan after being damaged by stormy weather. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | Iwo Jima | CPC]
Patrol Boat No. 102 arrived at Moji, Fukuoka, Japan at 0846 hours. ww2dbase [Stewart | Moji, Fukuoka | CPC]

澳洲新幾內亞

USS Marcus Island arrived at Manus, Admiralty Islands. ww2dbase [Marcus Island | Manus, Admiralty Islands | CPC]
USS Wasp departed Manus, Admiralty Islands. ww2dbase [Wasp (Essex-class) | Manus, Admiralty Islands | CPC]
Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay departed Seeadler Harbor in the Admiralty Islands to rejoin the fleet in the campaign against the Philippine and Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Steamer Bay | Manus, Admiralty Islands | DS]

英國

A German V-2 rocket hit Rockland St Mary 6 miles southeast of Norwich, England, United Kingdom. It hit the village school directly, injuring 2 adults and 34 children, and the blast damaged 23 houses nearby. It was the worst attack on the Norwich region during the war. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | Vergeltungswaffe 2 | Rockland St Mary, England | CPC]
Carl Spaatz announced that USAAF's Frantic operations would no longer involve the dropping or supplies for Polish resistance fighters. ww2dbase [Warsaw Uprising | England | CPC]