WW2 naval activity November 1944

	Axis				Nov-44	United Nations
				Total	Class	Total
0	0	3	5	8	Battleship	31	17	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	4	4	Fleet Carrier	16	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	1	1	Light Carrier	8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	2	4	6	Heavy Cruiser	32	16	6	3	6	0	1	0	0	0
1	0	3	6	9	Light Cruiser	74	29	26	6	2	1	2	2	0	2
0	8	46	41	95	Destroyer	614	351	142	20	52	17	10	0	4	2
0	4	307	28	339	Submarine	530	218	113	18	156	0	0	0	2	12
0	0	0	3	3	Escort Carrier	99	57	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
2	0	15	84	99	Escorts	1072	415	411	26	14	170	6	2	2	1
0	3	2	0	5	Other	15	0	8	2	0	0	2	1	0	0


United Nations							Neutral
Class
Battleship	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Fleet Carrier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Light Carrier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Heavy Cruiser	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Light Cruiser	2	0	2	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
Destroyer	2	5	5	2	2	15	15	7	2	0	23	5	16	6
Submarine	2	4	4	1	0	29	3	9	4	0	24	3	5	9
Escort Carrier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Escorts	4	9	11	1	0	14	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Other	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	7	0	0	2

Wednesday 1st November 1944
Daily Report
Naval	Action of 1 November 1944: A naval battle was fought in the Kvarner Gulf off Croatia between a Royal Navy destroyer flotilla and a Kriegsmarine force of two corvettes and a destroyer. The result was a British victory as all three German ships were sunk.
Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Abner Read	Destroyer	Lost	Sunk by Japanese Kamikaze Aichi D3A 'Val' aircraft & bomb, off Leyte Island. The Kamikaze was in flames when it crashed into the ship. The bomb exploded in the engine room, the ship heeled over to starboard & sank stern first 22 dead 10.47N 125.22E 01/11/1944
	Ammen	Destroyer	Damaged	Damaged by Japanese Yokosuka P1Y 'Francis', Kamikaze aircraft strike, off Leyte Gulf. A Kamikaze struck the ship 15 feet from the bridge, removing a searchlight & 2 funnels before crashing into the sea, 5 dead, and 21 injured on 01/11/1944. Arrived for repair Mare Island Navy Island 21/12/1944
	Anderson	Destroyer	Damaged	Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa aircraft, off Leyte. A Kamikaze crashed into the ship's port side aft, 16 dead, and 24 injured on 01/11/944. Departed for repair at Leyte 03/11/1944. Arrived at Pearl Harbor on 29/11/1944. Arrived for repair at San Franciso 09/12/1944
	Claxton	Destroyer	Damaged	Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike, off Leyte Island. The Kamikaze crashed alongside the ship on her starboard side, flooding her crew accommodation areas. Despite damage, she was still able to rescue the crew of the American warship Abner Read, 5 dead, 23 injured 10.47N 125.22E 01/11/1944
	Killen	Destroyer	Damaged	Damaged by a torpedo from a Japanese aircraft whilst on patrol off Leyte. She was attacked by several aircraft before one launched a torpedo that hit her port side, 15 dead on 01/11/1944. Arrived for repair at Hunter's Point, CA 15/01/1945
	TA 20	Destroyer	Lost	Sunk by gunfire from British warships Avon Vale & Wheatland W of Pag Island, Adriatic Sea 44.34N 14.44E 01/11/1944
	Whittaker	Frigate	Damaged	Damaged by GNAT acoustic homing torpedo from German submarine U-483, off Lough Swilly, Ireland. Her magazine exploded, 92 dead 53.30N 07.39W 01/11/1944. The ship was towed to Belfast for inspection & declared a constructive total loss.

Politics	Canadian Defence Minister James Ralston resigned his post after Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King rejected Ralston's plea for imposition of the draft for overseas service. The schism within King's cabinet brought about the Conscription Crisis of 1944 which threatened to topple King's government.
Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: A lone American F-13 (B-29) 'Tokyo Rose' conducts the first flight over Japan since the 'Dolittle Raid'. The aircraft was on a photo reconnaissance mission over Tokyo & Nagoya. The 7,000 photos taken during this mission were the only information about where Japanese war factories were. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time British air raid, 220+ aircraft attack on Homberg, Germany Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 280+ aircraft attack on Oberhausen, Germany Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 300+ aircraft attack 2 synthetic oil plants near Gelsenkirchen, a bridge at Rudesheim, and marshalling yards at Koblenz and Hamm. 9 fighter groups fly escort. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 320+ aircraft with fighter escorts, bomb diesel works, ordnance works, and marshalling yards at Vienna & Graz, tank factory at Kapfenberg, targets of opportunity including marshalling yards at Gussing, Ljubljana, and Cakovec, and scattered communication targets unification targets in S Germany, Hungary, Austria, and Yugoslavia. Several fighters strafe road and rail transport targets and troops in Gyor-Parndorf and Neusiedler Lake areas. Allied Bomber Offensive: 1 November 1944 reconnaissance sortie over Japan: An American F-13 Superfortress conducted the first flight by Allied aircraft over Japan since the Doolittle Raid of April 1942. The Western Front: During the Battle of the Scheldt, British and Canadian forces began Operation Infatuate to open the port of Antwerp to shipping.
Other	Publishing of the book 'Axis Rule in Occupied Europe' introducing the concept of genocide.

Thursday 2nd November 1944
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Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Anderson	Destroyer	Damaged	Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa aircraft, off Leyte. Kamikaze crashed into the ship's port side aft, 16 dead, 24 injured 01/11/944. Departed for repair at Leyte 03/11/1944. Arrived Pearl Harbor 29/11/1944. Arrived for repair at San Franciso 09/12/1944
	Balch	Destroyer	Damaged	Damaged her propellers when she grounded on the bottom of Bizerte harbour, Tunisia 02/11/1944
	Mounsey	Frigate	Damaged	Damaged by torpedo from German submarine U-295, of the Kola Inlet, 10 dead 02/11/1944. The ship limped to the Soviet port of Polyarnoe & then onto Murmansk for temporary repair on 12/1944. Arrived at Pollock Dock, Belfast for repair on 23/12/1944

Politics	The Eastern Front: The Soviet Government requested permission for their troops to enter Bulgarian territory.
Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time British air raid, 180+ aircraft attack on Homberg, Germany Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 990+ aircraft attack on Dusseldorf, Germany Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 1,100+ aircraft attack 5 separate forces attack synthetic oil plant at Merseburg/Leuna, Castrop-Rauxel, Sterkrade, and Bielefeld/ Schildesche railroad and marshalling yards, along with several targets of opportunity. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 100+ aircraft on armed reconnaissance over SW and SE China and N Indochina attack targets of opportunity in Lungling and Mangshih area, knock out bridge at Dara and hit Nantingshun and Pinglo towns, also damage 4 factories at Kweilin, hit tanks and troop concentrations N of town, attack targets of opportunity near Pinglo, Tahsu and E of Yungfu, and airfield, barracks, town area, and trains at Gia Lam. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 147+ aircraft attack rail bridges at Mayen, Euskirchen, Bullay, Konz-Karthaus, and Trier. Fighters fly escort to 9th Bomb Div and Eighth AF, attack bridges, fly armed reconnaissance and night patrol, and provide support for ground forces in frontline areas. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 80+ aircraft bomb bridge at Ho-ho, support ground forces at Myothit, bomb supply dumps at Namdaungmawn personnel and supply areas at Naungletgyi and Mawtaung, knock out bridge at Meza, hit nearby railroad cars, attack airfields at Nawnghkio and Sinlanzu and strike boats and boxcars S of Katha. The Western Front: British forces assult on Lissel, Belgium. The Western Front: American forces take Nompatelize in the Vosges, France
Other	50,000 of Budapest's Jews were sent on a forced march to Austria. 10,000 would die over the six-day march. Josip Broz Tito became the 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia.

Friday 3rd November 1944
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Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Reno	Light Cruiser	Damaged	Damaged by a torpedo from Japanese submarine I-41, E of San Bernardino Strait. The torpedo struck abaft the engine room, ship almost capsized, but flooding was brought under control & she got underway again on 03/11/1944. Towed 1,500 miles to Ulithi for temporary repair. Arrived for repair Charleston Navy Yard 22/03/1945
	Akikaze	Destroyer Escort	Lost	Torpedoed by American submarine Pintado 160 miles W of Cape Bolinao, Luzon 16.48N 117.17E 03/11/1944

Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 140+ aircraft hit rail overpass at Kaiserslautern, and rail bridges at Neuwied-Irlich, Bad Munster am Stein, Morscheid and Konz-Karthaus. Fighters fly armed reconnaissance, ground forces cover, and attack railroads, bridges, and observation posts in W Germany. The Japanese began the Fu-Go (fire balloon) campaign against the continental United States.
Other	Turkey ended blackout restrictions.

Saturday 4th November 1944
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Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Harukaze	Destroyer	Damaged	Damaged by a torpedo from American submarine Sailfish, in the Luzon Strait 04/11/1944

Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time British air raid, 170+ aircraft attack on Solingen, Germany Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 170+ aircraft attack on Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany. Albert Speer reported to Hitler that the damage to the canal from this raid prevented smelting coke plants in the Rhur mines from reaching 2 steelworks in Brunswick & 1 in Osnabruck. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 750+ aircraft attack on Bochum, Germany Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid of 1,000+ aircraft attacked synthetic oil plants, oil refineries, and benzol plant at Bottrop, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Hamburg/Harburg, Misburg, and Neunkirchen, and several targets of opportunity. 17 fighter groups. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 130+ aircraft strike communication targets in W Po Valley, cutting at least 4 bridges. Fighters and FBs of XXII TAC concentrate on communication targets unification targets and trains in Po Valley and defences in battle area S of Bologna. Some XXII TAC aircraft hit guns on N Italian coast, some hit rocket launching sites and communication targets N of the battle area, and 4 P-47s bombed Milan hotel where Hitler is rumoured to be staying. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid of 200+ aircraft hit railway and road bridges in Brenner Pass. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 218+ aircraft hit Trier ordnance depot, Baumholder depot, and Eschweiler gun positions. Fighters escort the 9th Bomb Div, attack railroads, bridges, and other targets, and support American forces in the Aachen area. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 715+ fighter escorts pound oil storage at Regensburg, marshalling yards at Munich and Augsburg, main marshalling yards and a benzol plant at Linz, a troop concentration at Podgorica, as well as attacking several alternate targets and scattered targets of opportunity including marshalling yards at Wels and Kufstein, Erding, airfield, railroad targets in and near Rosenheim, and towns of Strass and Muhldorf. Japan Balloon Attack The First report is received of the Japanese balloon SW of San Pedro; USN recovers some apparatus, envelope, and rigging. The Pacific Campaign: Australian forces made the Landing at Jacquinot Bay in New Britain. V-Weapons Campaign: In the part of South London studied 5 V1's/v2's/killing 60 people

Sunday 5th November 1944
Daily Report
Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Lexington	Fleet Carrier	Damaged	Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike, off Luzon. Aircraft crashed into the ship's island causing severe structural damage & fire. The fire was brought under control in 20 minutes & she was able to continue normal operations on 05/11/1944. Arrived for repair Ulithi 09/11/1944
	Nachi	Heavy Cruiser	Lost	Damaged by torpedoes & bombs from aircraft from American warships Lexington & Ticonderoga, off Cavite Naval Base, in Manila Bay, hit by 5 bombs & 3 torpedoes, her engine rooms were flooded & she was disabled. Attacked again her bow was blown off by a torpedo & her aft magazine exploded, blowing off her stern. Hit by bombs & rockets the rest of the ship sank, 12 miles NE of Corregidor, 881 dead, 220 survivors 14.13N 120.44E 05/11/1944
	Okinami	Destroyer	Damaged	Damaged by a bomb near misses & strafing from aircraft from American warships Lexington & Ticonderoga, off Cavite Naval Base, in Manila Bay, 28 dead 05/11/1944

Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time British air raid, 170+ aircraft attack on Solingen, Germany Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 1,200+ aircraft attack marshalling yards at Frankfurt/Main, Ludwigshafen, Karlsruhe, Hanau, and Kaiserslautern, and synthetic oil plant at Ludwigshafen, rail facilities at Landau, and 8 targets of opportunity. 15 fighter groups give support. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 160+ aircraft strike ammunition, ordnance, and supply depots at Hamburg. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid of 500+ aircraft attacked the Viennairfieldloridsdorf oil refinery in the largest operation against a single target during the war. Allied Bomber Offensive: A major day-time American air raid of 50+ aircraft attacked the Singapore naval base putting the King George VI Graving Dock (one of the world’s best drydocks) out of operation for 3 months. The Italian Campaign: British forces capture Ravenna, cutting the railway line to Bologna.
Other	Adolf Eichmann authorizes the first death marches to the Budapest Ghetto.

Monday 6th November 1944
Daily Report
Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Kumano	Heavy Cruiser	Damaged	Damaged by (4) torpedoes from American submarines Guitarro, Bream, Raton & Ray, Cape Bliano, and Luzon. Four American boats had fired 23 torpedoes at her, blowing off her bows & flooding her engine room. Taken in tow by Japanese merchant ship Doryo Maru 06/11/1944. Arrived for repair at Santa Cruz harbour 07/11/1944

Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time British air raid, 740+ aircraft attack on Gelsenkirchen, Germany Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 130+ aircraft attack on Koblenz, Germany. Serious damage done to the city Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 230+ aircraft attack on the Mittelland Canal, Germany Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid of 1,000+ aircraft attacked 6 oil and chemical installations, a canal aqueduct and an aircraft repair plant, along with 3 marshalling yards, an airfield, and several targets of opportunity in N and NW Germany. 16 fighter groups afford close escort and later strafe ground targets in NW Germany and the Netherlands. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 580+ aircraft attack Moosbierbaum oil refinery and Vienna S ordnance depot, alternate targets of Kapfenberg steel works, Deutsch Wagram, Graz and Maribor marshalling yards, and railroad power substation at Bolzano. The Italian Campaign: The Italian government announced the formation of a private army about six divisions strong, to enter into the war on the Allied side. The Western Front: The German garrison at Middelburg surrendered to the Allies.
Other	In Speke, Liverpool, the largest penicillin factory in the world begins production. The provisional government of France struck down all of the country's anti-Semitic laws. Implementation of this measure was difficult when it came to returning Jews to their former occupations and giving them back their homes and confiscated property.

Tuesday 7th November 1944
Daily Report
Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Albacore	Submarine	Lost	Mined by a Japanese mine, close to the shore of the NE coast of Hokkaido. Cork, bedding & food found on the surface by Japanese, 80 dead, 0 survivors 41.49N 141.11E 07/11/1944

Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 550+ aircraft attack Maribor, Alipasin Most, and Brunico marshalling yards, Viennairfieldloridsdorf oil refinery, Allied Bomber Offensive: Major day-time American air raid 80+ aircraft hit gun positions, supply areas, and troops at Bhamo, Pintin, and in vicinity of Myazedi, bomb airfields at Kawlin, Shwebo, and Onbauk, hit fuel dump near Panghkam road junction, attack railroad targets of opportunity between Indaw and Shwebo, and targets of opportunity along the Irrawaddy between Bhamo and Katha. Allied Bomber Offensive: The Air battle over Niš occurred over Niš, Serbia between the Air Forces of the United States and the Soviet Union. For an unknown reason, American P-38s attacked Soviet ground troops and then came under attack from Yak fighters of the Soviet Air Force. It is unclear exactly what happened or why since documents related to the incident apparently remain classified in both countries. The Eastern Front: The Battle of Knin began between Yugoslav Partisans and Axis forces around the city of Knin in North Dalmatia.
Other	The 1944 United States presidential election was held. Incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented fourth term, defeating Thomas E. Dewey's 432 electoral votes to 99 and carrying 36 out of 48 states.

Wednesday 8th November 1944
Daily Report
Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Sagi	Torpedo Boat	Lost	Torpedoed by American submarine Gunnel WSW of Cape Bolinao, Luzon 16.09N 118.56E 08/11/1944
	Growler	Submarine	Lost	Depth charged by Japanese warships Shigure, Chiburi & Kaibokan No.19 off Mindoro, Philippines, 80 dead, 0 survivors 08/11/1944

Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time British air raid, 130+ aircraft attack on Homberg, Germany Allied Bomber Offensive: Major day-time American air raid 80+ aircraft attack in support ground forces in Mawlu area, bomb personnel, supplies, and communication targets facilities at Tunhong, Chaungdauk, and Kutkai, gun positions at Hsipaw, Man Hpa town area, Kawlin airfield and targets of opportunity along Kawlin-Pinwe railroad. The Western Front: The Battle of the Scheldt and Operation Infatuate ended in Allied victory. V-Weapons Campaign: Joseph Goebbels announced the V-2 rocket campaign for the first time. Winston Churchill followed suit and finally announced that England had been under rocket attack, providing the people of London with an explanation for all the mysterious explosions of recent weeks.

Thursday 9th November 1944
Daily Report
Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	U-537	Submarine	Lost	Torpedoed by American submarine Flounder, in the Java Sea, E of Surabaya, 58 dead, 0 survivors 07.13S 115.17E 09/11/1944

Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time British air raid, 130+ aircraft attack on Wanne-Eickel, Germany Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 1,100+ aircraft attack targets in Metz and Thionville area as US Third Army forces launch full-scale attack on Metz. Other targets include Saarbrucken marshalling yards. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 160+ aircraft on armed reconnaissance over wide expanses of S China and N Indochina attack trucks, gun positions, river and coastal shipping, and other targets of opportunity at or near Pingnam, Kweihsien, Changsha, Yoyang, Siangtan, Lushan, Kioshan, Paoching, Hengyang, Liangshan, Liuchow, Suikai, Gia Lam, Kien An, and Weichow Allied Bomber Offensive: Major day-time American air raid 70+ aircraft attack supply areas at Kutkai, Shwebo, Mawtawng, and Kunhailong, bomb airfield at Kawlin, knock out bridge at Ho-ho, and support ground forces and hit targets of opportunity near Chyauhkawng, Namakyaing, Sepein, Tonlon, and at other points in the same general area. The Italian Campaign: Allied troops in Italy crossed the Montone River. The Western Front: German forces on Walcharen Island surrender to the Allies.

Friday 10th November 1944
Daily Report
Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	CD 011	Escort	Lost	Bombed by American Army aircraft attack Ormoc Bay, Leyte 10.51N 124.32E 10/11/1944
	Oberrender	Destroyer Escort	Damaged	Damaged by the explosion of the ammunition ship Mount Hood, in Seeadler Harbor, Manus. She was damaged by flying debris & exploding ammunition on 10/11/1944

Military	The Pacific Campaign: The American ammunition ship Mount Hood exploded and sank at Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands with the loss of all 350 crew. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 600+ aircraft attack airfields, marshalling yards and chemical plant at or near Hanau, Wiesbaden, and Cologne; and 4 targets of opportunity. 14 fighter groups give escort to HBs and 2 FB groups bomb and strafe transportation-communication targets unication targets in NC Germany. Allied Bomber Offensive: Major day-time American air raid 60+ aircraft attack a variety of targets including Japanese concentrations at Bhamo, Indaw, The Western Front: Allied forces launched Operation Clipper, an offensive to reduce the Geilenkirchen salient. V-Weapons Campaign: Churchill admits that Britain is under attack from supersonic German rockets V-2's
Other	Nazi occupation forces in the Netherlands began a two-day roundup of 50,000 men in Rotterdam to be sent to Germany for forced labour. The Allies recognized the government of Albanian partisan leader Enver Hoxha.

Saturday 11th November 1944
Daily Report
Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Hamanami	Destroyer	Lost	Bombed & torpedoed by aircraft from American warships of Task Force 38, 55 miles NE of Cebu, Ormoc Bay, 63 dead, 42 injured, 167 survivors 10.50N 124.35E 11/11/1944
	Naganami	Destroyer	Lost	Bombed by aircraft from American Task Force 38. 55 miles NE of Cebu, Ormoc Bay. Explosion amidships broke ship in two & she sank quickly, 156 dead, 72 survivors 10.50N 124.35E 11/11/1944
	Shimakaze	Destroyer	Lost	Bombed & torpedoed by aircraft from American warships of Task Force 38, 55 miles NE of Cebu, Ormoc Bay 10.50N 124.35E 11/11/1944
	Wakatsuki	Destroyer	Lost	Damaged by bombs and torpedoed by aircraft from American warships of Task Force 38, 55 miles NE of Cebu, Ormoc Bay. The ship was disabled & set alight. Her bow was awash & listing to starboard. Fires were uncontrollable & as they spread her torpedoes exploded sinking her, 170 dead, 131 survivors 10.50N 124.35E 11/11/1944
	Scamp	Submarine	Lost	Depth charged by Japanese warship Kaibokan No 4, 125 SSE of Yokohama. The boat was acting as a lifeguard in support of American bombers attacking Japan, 80 dead, 0 survivors 33.38N 141.00E 11/11/1944
	U-1200	Submarine	Lost	Depth charged by British warships Pevensey Castle, Lancaster Castle, Porchester Castle & Kenilworth Castle, in the North Atlantic, SSW of Fastnet, 53 dead, 0 survivors 50.24N 09.10W 11/11/1944
	U-771	Submarine	Lost	Torpedoed by British submarine Venturer, in the Norwegian Sea, E of Andenes, 51 dead, 0 survivors 69.17N 16.28E 11/11/1944

Military	The Pacific Campaign: Iwo Jima was bombarded by the U.S. Navy. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time British air raid, 130+ aircraft attack on Castrop-Rauxel, Germany. The target was the synthetic oil refinery, which was badly damaged. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 130+ aircraft attack on Dortmund, Germany. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 130+ aircraft attack on Harburg, Germany. Serious damage done to the city Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 190+ aircraft hit strongpoints at Putzlohn and rail bridges at Sinzig, Euskirchen, Ahrweiler, and Mayen Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 220+ aircraft attack marshalling yards in Rosenheim, Salzburg, Villach, Linz, and Lienz, railroad at Zell am See, highway bridge at Sillian, Wurzen Pass, railroad bridges at Pinzano al Tagliamento, Latisana, and Casarsa della Delizia, and Aviano airfield. Fighters escort all missions except the bridge attacks. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 400+ aircraft attack Oberlahnstein, Koblenz, and Rheine marshalling yards, Scholten/Buer oil plant, and Bottrop synthetic oil plant, along with other targets. 11 fighter groups provide escort. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 90+ aircraft attack troop concentrations at Chaungdauk, Nawngtao, Mankang, and in Indaw vicinity; damage and knock out bridges at Meza and S of Kawlin, score near misses on bridges i HsenwiNamhkai area; blast radio installation near Manoi, bomb Kawlin airfield, hit rail traffic between Shwebo and Padu, and attack targets of opportunity along the Irrawaddy from Tigyaing to Twinnge. The Eastern Front: The Battle of Batina began in the Croatian village of Batina. The Eastern Front: The last German forces in Greece withdrew from the country. The Pacific Campaign: The series of air-sea engagements collectively referred to as the Battle of Ormoc Bay began in the Camotes Sea in the Philippines. V-Weapons Campaign: In the part of South London studied 2 V1's/v2's/killing 38 people

Sunday 12th November 1944
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Naval	Allied Bomber Offensive: Operation Catechism day-time British air raid, 30+ aircraft attack on the Tirpitz moored near Tromso, Norway. Allied Bomber Offensive: RAF Bomber Command carried out Operation Catechism and, after trying unsuccessfully for months, finally sank the German battleship Tirpitz near Tromsø.
Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Tirpitz	Battleship	Lost	Bombed by British Avro Lancaster aircraft, at Sorbotn, near Tromso, Norway, 3 hits & many near-misses of 13200 Ibs Tallboy bombs, the ship capsized, 971 dead, 87 survivors 12/11/1944

Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 100+ aircraft strike at bridges at Ora, Albes, and Mezzocorona, viaduct at Avisio, plus alternate target of Casarsa della Delizia railroad bridges and targets of opportunity in NE Italy including Latisana railroad bridge Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 2 B-24s fly armed reconnaissance over Onnekotan and Matsuwa, Japan
Other	80,000 leftists demonstrated in Rome in celebration of the anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution and denounced the monarchy. Over 10,000 Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Uzbeks, Tatars, and some White Russians rallied in Ghulja and declared independence as the Second East Turkistan Republic.

Monday 13th November 1944
Daily Report
Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Kiso	Light Cruiser	Lost	Bombed by aircraft from American Task Force 38, W of Cavite, Manila Bay. Hit by 3 bombs, one in the bow, one near her boiler rooms & one near the aft gun mounts. The ship was disabled & her foredeck was awash before she eventually sank. 89 dead 14.35N 120.50E 13/11/1944
	Akebono	Destroyer	Lost	Damaged by bombs from aircraft from American warships of Task Force 38, at pier Cavite Navy Yard, Manila, Philippines, whilst alongside Japanese warship Akishino. Bombs set the ship on fire on 13/11/1944. Sank by large explosion upright in shallow water. 48 dead, 43 injured 14/11/1944
	Akishimo	Destroyer	Lost	Damaged by bombs from aircraft from American warships of Task Force 38, at pier Cavite Navy Yard, Manila, Philippines, whilst alongside Japanese warship Akebono. Bombs Akebono was set on fire on 13/11/1944. The ship rolled over on her starboard side, when Akebono exploded, 15 dead, 25 injured, 170 survivors 14/11/1944
	Hatsuharu	Destroyer	Lost	Damaged by bombs from aircraft from American warships of Task Force 38, at pier Cavite Navy Yard, Manila, Philippines, whilst alongside Japanese warship Akebono. Bombs Akebono was set on fire on 13/11/1944. The ship rolled over on her starboard side, when Akebono exploded, 15 dead, 25 injured, 170 survivors 14/11/1944
	Okinami	Destroyer	Lost	Bombed by aircraft from American Task Force 38, 8 miles W of Manila, 14 dead, 19 injured 13/11/1944
	Ushio	Destroyer	Damaged	Damaged by a bomb near miss from aircraft from American warships, in Manila Bay, Philippines. Near miss damaged starboard engine disabled, ship's best speed 18 knots, 23 dead, 10 injured 13/11/1944
	I-38	Submarine	Lost	Depth charged by American warship Nicholas, ENE of Palau Island. The boat had been detected on the surface, and she dived to escape, but her sinking was confirmed by a large underwater explosion, 110 dead, 0 survivors 08.04N 138.03E 13/11/1944

Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 100+ aircraft pound numerous targets in N Burma. Close support strikes are made in the Pinwe area, bridges at Namhkai, Meza, and Thegyaung, on troop concentrations and on supplies at Loi-Lum and Namhpakka. Ferry crossing at Shweli is hit by 12-hour delay bombs, Nawnghkio landing ground is strafed, and numerous targets of opportunity along the Irrawaddy and rail lines in N Burma are hit. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid of 60+ aircraft on armed reconnaissance over S China and as far W and SW as Burma and Thailand hit numerous targets of opportunity including shipping, troops, and railroad targets. The Eastern Front: Bulgarian forces capture Skopje.
Other	Civil air service returns to London for the first time since the start of the war.

Tuesday 14th November 1944
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Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Halibut	Submarine	Damaged	Damaged by depth charge attack by MAD (Magnetic Anomaly Detection) equipped Japanese aircraft & Japanese escorts, whilst on patrol in Bashi Channel. The boat was submerged when she was attacked. Her crew heard a loud buzzing sound followed by 5 explosions. She was then depth charged by escorts. Her conning tower & equipment in her control room, her forward battery compartment, forward torpedo room & main air tanks were damaged. Repeated attacks forced her to dive to over 420', well below her nominal crush depth. The boat was later able to surface & head for Tanapag Harbour, Saipan for emergency repair on 14/11/1944. Arrived at Pearl Harbor & declared a constructive total loss 01/12/1944
	CD 007	Escort	Lost	Torpedoed by American submarine Ray 165 miles NW of Cape Bolinao, Luzon 17.46N 117.57E 14/11/1944

Military	The Eastern Front: Albanian partisans liberated Durrës.
Other	Operation Valkyrie: Nazi resistance members Walter Cramer, Bernhard Letterhaus and Ferdinand von Lüninck were hanged at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin. With the sponsorship of Nazi Germany, the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia was founded in Prague by anticommunists from territories of the Soviet Union. World Bantamweight Boxing Title Manuel Ortiz (USA) beat Luis Castillo (Mexico) Ko 9, Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles.

Wednesday 15th November 1944
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Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Luigi Settembrini	Submarine	Lost	Rammed by accident by American warship Frament, 700 miles W of Gibraltar, in the North Atlantic, 28 dead, 14 survivors 36.11N 19.45W 15/11/1944

Military	The Pacific Campaign: Japanese landing craft depot ship Akitsu Maru was torpedoed and sunk in the Korea Strait by American submarine Queenfish, killing over 2,000. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time British air raid, 180+ aircraft attack on Dortmund, Germany Allied Bomber Offensive: Major day-time American air raid 80 aircraft attack benzol plant at Linz, marshalling yards at Innsbruck, and troop concentration at Novi Pazar (all primary targets), and make single aircraft attacks on Wolfsburg, Salzburg, Hieflau, Kapfenberg steel works, Schwaz, Ybbs, and airfields near Linz, Passau, and Traunstein. Fighters escort the Novi Pazar raid. The Italian Campaign: American forces capture Modigliana.

Thursday 16th November 1944
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Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time British air raid, 1,190+ aircraft attack on Duren, Julich & Heinsburg, Germany. These attacks were in support of American ground forces in the area between Aachen & the Rhine. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 1,200+ aircraft attack tac targets E of Aachen in support of US First and Ninth Armies’ offensive. 9 fighter groups fly escort and 2 groups later strafe transportation targets in Giessen, Marburg, and Berleburg areas. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 250+ aircraft attack against rail lines in Brenner Pass and other parts of NE Italy destroying the railroad bridge at Sacile & in support of British Eighth Army adv to NW of Forli hit guns, ammunition supplies, and other military targets, attack pipeline crossings of the Po at Ostiglia and Ferrara, and pontoon stores near Ficarola, as well as hitting communication targets unification targets N of battle area. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 550+ aircraft attack Munich W marshalling yards and troop concentrations at Visegrad as well as alternate target of Innsbruck marshalling yards and scattered targets of opportunity. The Western Front: American forces began Operation Queen, an offensive at the German Siegfried Line.

Friday 17th November 1944
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Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Hiyodori	Torpedo Boat	Lost	Torpedoed by American submarine Gunnel 140 miles ENE of Cape Tourane, Hainan Island 16.56N 110.30E 17/11/1944
	Shinyo	Escort Carrier	Lost	Torpedoed by American submarine Spadefish, 140 miles NE of Shanghai, South China Sea, the ship set on fire when her unarmoured fuel tanks exploded killing most of her crew on 17/11/1944

Military	The Pacific Campaign: Japanese aircraft carrier Shin'yō was torpedoed and sunk in the Yellow Sea by the American submarine Spadefish. The Pacific Campaign: While part of convoy Hi-81, the Japanese landing craft depot ship Mayasan Maru was sunk in the East China Sea by the American submarine Picuda. Some 3,856 lives were lost in one of the highest maritime casualty counts of the war. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 100+ aircraft attacking targets. Fighters escort aircraft, flying patrol and armed reconnaissance over a wide area of W Germany, and support US 104th and 4th Inf Divs and 2d Armd Div, E of Aachen and near Hurtgen. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 630+ aircraft attack Blechhammer S and Viennairfieldloridsdorf oil refineries, an industrial area in and near Vienna, marshalling yards at Maribor, Gyor, Graz, Salzburg, Villach, and the town of Sankt Johann in Tirol, plus several scattered targets of opportunity. Fighters escort HBs and fly reconnaissance and reconnaissance escort missions. Allied Bomber Offensive: Major day-time American air raid 15 aircraft attack shipping out of Saipan, attack vessels SW of Muko Jima and attack harbour and town of Okimura. The Western Front: British forces capture Wessem, the Netherlands

Saturday 18th November 1944
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Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Wichita	Heavy Cruiser	Damaged	Developed a heavy vibration in her No 4 engine unit, whilst operating off Leyte. On inspection, she was found to have a broken propeller shaft & her propeller was trailing behind. Left for repair 18/11/1944
	I-41	Submarine	Lost	Depth charged by American warships Lawrence C Taylor & Melvin R Nawman as well as aircraft from American warship Anzio, E of Samar, Philippine Sea. Ultra signals indicated that I-41 was in the area. She was found on the surface & crash-dived. After 14 hours of depth charge attack she was suspected sunk, 101 dead, 0 survivors 12.44N 130.42E 18/11/1944

Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time British air raid, 480+ aircraft attack on Munster, Germany Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 130+ aircraft attack on Wanne-Eickel, Germany. Serious damage was done to targets in the area, including the Hannibal coal mine & oil plant city. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 340+ aircraft of 9th Bomb Div strike barracks areas, rail bridges, rail facilities, strongpoints, and defended positions at 13 locations in Germany. Fighters escort Bomb Div, fly sweeps and armed reconnaissance over W Germany, and support ground forces E of Aachen and in the Sarreguemines area. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 680+ HBs bomb Viennairfieldloridsdorf and Korneuburg oil refineries, airfields at Aviano, Villafranca di Verona, Udine, and Vicenza, and troop concentrations at Visegrad. 126 P-38s escort Austria missions while 12 others bomb the troop concentrations at Visegrad. 186 P-51s provide cover for raids on the Italian airfields and sweep target areas. Over 50 other fighters fly reconnaissance and reconnaissance escort. Allied Bomber Offensive: Major day-time American air raids 180+ aircraft provide cover for raids on the Italian airfields and sweep target areas. The Western Front: American forces enter Metz, France. V-Weapons Campaign: In the part of South London studied 3 V1's/v2's/killing 15 people

Sunday 19th November 1944
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Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Maryland	Battleship	Damaged	Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike, off Leyte Gulf. Aircraft had attacked the ship from a high dive hitting the ship between No: 1 & No: 2 turrets, the ship remained operational on 19/11/1944.
	Isuzu	Light Cruiser	Damaged	Damaged by a torpedo from American submarine Hake, 55 miles W of Corregidor, her stern was severely damaged & her rudder was destroyed after emergency repairs at sea made her way to Singapore on 19/11/1944. Arrives for temporary repair at Seletar Naval Base, Singapore 23/11/1944. Arrived for repair Surabaya 12/12/1944
	I-37	Submarine	Lost	Depth charged & hedgehog attack by American warships McCoy Reynolds & Conklin, 600 miles E of the Philippines, NNE of Palau. The boat's sinking was confirmed by an underwater explosion, fuel oil on the surface & cork, 106 dead, 0 survivors 08.07N 134.16E 19/11/1944

Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 120+ aircraft strafe roads and railroads between Esztergom and Veszprem and Vienna, and also attack Veszprem and Tapolcza airfields. Other fighters cover HB and reconnaissance missions. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 450+ aircraft bomb storage depots, bridge, junction, ordnance depots, and defended positions in or near 10 German towns and cities. Fighters escort 9th Bomb Div, carry out patrols, and fly armed reconnaissance hitting rail facilities and other targets over W German areas including Euskirchen, Trier, Saarbrucken, Julich, and Cologne. IX, XIX, and XXIX TACs support US VII, XII, XIX, and XX Corps areas E of Aachen and near Hurtgen, between Metz and Saarlautern and near Sarreguemines. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 500+ aircraft bomb Schwechat and Vosendorf oil refineries, Winterhafen oil depot and Lobau oil plant, Wiener Neudorf aircraft factory, Linz benzol plant, Horsching airfield, Gyor, and Maribor marshalling yards, plus several scattered targets of opportunity. The Western Front: British forces capture Geilenkirchen, Germany

Monday 20th November 1944
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Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Schroeder	Destroyer	Damaged	Damaged her propellers on coral reef whilst providing gunfire support to American Marines on Tarawa Atoll 20/11/1944. Withdrawn for repair from Tarawa for Pearl Harbor 24/11/1944
	T 34	Destroyer	Lost	Mined by British RAF laid mine off Cap Arkona, Hamburg, 62 dead 54.40N 13.29E 20/11/1944

Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time British air raid, 180+ aircraft attack on Homburg, Germany Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 130+ aircraft attack on Koblenz, Germany. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 150+ aircraft bomb Scholven/Buer synthetic oil plant and Munster marshalling yards, with 7 fighter groups in support. 6 other groups strafe W German ground targets. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 190+ aircraft bomb Blechhammer S oil refinery and town of Prerov. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 90+ aircraft attack Sarajevo marshalling yards, and railroad bridges at Doboj, Zenica, and Fojnica. The Eastern Front: The Kosovo Operation ended in Partisan victory. The Pacific Campaign: The American oil tanker Mississinewa was sunk off Ulithi, Micronesia by a Japanese Kaiten manned torpedo.
Other	Adolf Hitler left his Eastern Front headquarters, the Wolfsschanze ("Wolf's Lair"), for the last time as the Soviet forces approached the borders of Germany. English author P. G. Wodehouse, who had made broadcasts over enemy radio in France during the Nazi occupation, was arrested in Paris. The London districts of Piccadilly, the Strand and Fleet Street turned their lights on after five years of blackouts.

Tuesday 21st November 1944
Daily Report
Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Kongo	Battleship	Lost	Damaged by torpedoes from the American submarine Sealion, 60 miles N of Keelung, Taiwan. The ship was hit by two torpedoes on her port side, flooding her No 6 & No 8 boiler rooms, limiting her speed to 18 knots, and starting a fire & she was listing to port by 15 degrees. Sealion attempts to get into position to attack her again. Whilst tracking her by radar one of Kongo's magazines detonates, illuminating the sky. The large plip on Sealion's radar disappears as the ship sinks, 1200 dead, 237 survivors 26.09N 121.23E 21/11/1944
	Urakaze	Destroyer	Lost	Torpedoed by American submarine Sealion, 65 miles NNW of Keeling, Taiwan, whilst escorting fleet from Brunei to Kure. The ship blew up & sank quickly 240 dead, 0 survivors 26.09N 121.23E 21/11/1944
	Wensleydale	Destroyer Escort	Damaged	Damaged in collision with British landing ship LST-367, off Southend, in the Thames Estuary 21/11/1944. Not repaired

Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time British air raid, 160+ aircraft attack on Homburg, Germany Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 120+ aircraft attack on Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 130+ aircraft attack on the Mittelland Canal, Germany Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 270+ aircraft attack on Ascaffenburg, Germany. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 270+ aircraft attack on Castrop-Rauxel, Germany. The target was the synthetic oil refinery & other coal mines in the area. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 270+ aircraft attack on Sterkradwe, Germany. The target was the synthetic oil refinery. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 1,100+ aircraft attack synthetic oil plant at Merseburg/ Leuna, 2 oil refineries at Hamburg, and several other targets including 4 towns, 4 marshalling yards, an airfield, flak position, and about 30 targets of opportunity. 16 fighter groups escort, later strafe ground targets, and combat a large number of fighters over the Merseburg area. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 150+ aircraft bomb communication targets lines in S Yugoslavia, destroying several vehicles, blasting roads at Vucitrn, Rogatica, Tvrdosevo, and Duga Poljana, hitting bridges at Vrbasici, and Kukavica and causing a landslide at Pavlica. The Western Front: French forces capture Belfort.

Wednesday 22nd November 1944
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Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Stratagem	Submarine	Lost	Depth charged by Japanese Sub chaser CH 35, NW of Singapore, in the Malacca Straits. The boat crash-dived to escape, but depth charges & diving forced her bow to strike the seabed. Lights failed & boat began to flood. The crew in the forward compartment attempted to escape, 50 dead, and 10 survivors captured 01.36N 102.53E 22/11/1944. Of the 10 crew captured only 3 survived Japanese captivity.
	Gustafson	Destroyer Escort	Damaged	Damaged in collision with the American warship Omaha, in the North Atlantic. Ships had come alongside to pass orders when they collided on 22/11/1944. Arrived for repair New York Navy Yard 21/12/1944

Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 170+ aircraft attack on Trondheim, Norway. The target was the U-boat pens, but the target was covered by a smoke screen.
Other	Canadian Parliament assembled in a special meeting to debate the conscription crisis. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King said that it had not become necessary to require drafted troops to serve overseas and that to do so "would occasion the most serious controversy that could arise in Canada. I can think of no course fraught with greater danger to our war effort, to say nothing of the unity and strength of Canada today and for generations to come, than a general election at this late stage of the war on the conscription issue. Until it is apparent conscription for overseas forces is necessary, the government would not be justified in taking the risk of widespread national dissension." Letter from the Red Cross to the American Legation in Berne, Switzerland that their delegates visited Auschwitz KZ and that they could not find 'any traces of installations for the exterminating civilian prisoners'. These findings contradicted the reports from the Polish Home Army of systematic murder at Auschwitz using gas chambers. Also coded messages from British pows at the nearby E715 camp.

Thursday 23rd November 1944
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Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Ross	Destroyer	Damaged	Damaged by crashing Japanese aircraft, Nakajima Ki-44 'Tojo', whilst under repair at Marquitdaquit Island, the aircraft crashed into repair ship ARD-19 moored next to Ross 23/11/1944. Arrived for repair Mare Island Naval Shipyard 02/03/1945

Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time British air raid, 160+ aircraft attack on Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The target was the Nordstern oil plant. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 120+ aircraft hit targets of opportunity throughout SW and SE China. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid of 140+ aircraft attacked a benzol manufacturing plant near Gelsenkirchen and marshalling yards at Duisburg. The Western Front: American & French forces liberate the Natzweiler-Struth concentration camp in France. The Western Front: French & American forces liberate Strasbourg.
Other	The Canadian cabinet made 16,000 conscripts available for overseas duty.

Friday 24th November 1944
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Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	U-322	Submarine	Damaged	Damaged by depth charge attack from Norwegian Sunderland aircraft in the North Atlantic W of the Shetland Islands 24/11/1944.

Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 110+ aircraft attack Japan. The objective is Tokyo. Primary targets are the Musashino aircraft plant; an urban area and docks. 1 B-29 aircraft crashed off Honshu when a fighter rammed the aircraft, shearing off the elevator and right horizontal stabilizer, and became lost to Japanese action. Another 1 other ditches after running out of fuel. B-29 gunners claim 7 aircraft downed. The Chinese Campaign: The Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou during the Second Sino-Japanese War ended in Japanese victory. The Eastern Front: The Baltic Offensive and the Moonsund Landing Operation ended in Soviet victory.
Other	About 1,000 Canadian soldiers from the military camp in Vernon, British Columbia paraded through the city shouting, "Down with conscription." The government of Ferenc Szálasi in Hungary fled Budapest to escape encirclement by the Soviets and re-established itself in Sopron. The Terrace Mutiny began when Canadian soldiers based in Terrace, British Columbia began disobeying orders and seizing weapons after hearing rumours that conscripts might be deployed overseas. The mutiny was largely censored by authorities and it did not come to be well known by the general public.

Saturday 25th November 1944
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Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Essex	Fleet Carrier	Damaged	Damaged by a Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike, off Luzon, in the Philippines. Aircraft hit the port edge of flight deck & crashed into aircraft ready to take off, 15 dead, 44 injured 25/11/1944
	Intrepid	Fleet Carrier	Damaged	Damaged by 2 Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strikes, off Luzon, Philippines. Fires caused by gasoline were extinguished within 2 hours, 11 dead 25/11/1944. Withdrawn for repair 26/11/1944
	Cabot	Light Carrier	Damaged	Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strikes. First Kamikaze hit & destroyed 20 mm & 40 mm gun mounts, second Kamikaze hit the ship's port side showering the ship in metal, 42 dead, and 20 injured on 25/11/1944. Arrived for repair Ulithi 28/11/1944
	Kumano	Heavy Cruiser	Lost	Bombed & torpedoed by aircraft from the American warship Ticonderoga, in Santa Cruz Harbour. She was hit by 5 torpedoes & one 500 Ib bomb, she capsized & sank in 100' of water 15.45N 119.48E 25/11/1944
	Yasoshima	Light Cruiser	Lost	Bombed & torpedoed by aircraft from the American warship of Ticonderoga of Task Force 38, in Santa Cruz Bay, Luzon, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf 15.40N 119.45E 25/11/1944
	Aulick	Destroyer	Damaged	Damaged by a Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike, in Leyte Gulf, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The Kamikaze hit the starboard side of the bridge with its wing & then exploded just above the bow on the main deck. No: 2 gun handling rooms were set on fire, 32 dead, 64 injured 25/11/1944. Arrived for repair at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 24/12/1944
	Shimotsuki	Destroyer	Lost	Torpedoed by American submarine Cavalla, 220 miles ENE of Singapore, in the South China Sea. The ship was hit by one torpedo amidship that broke her back & two further torpedo hits to her bow & stern. The ship sank in two pieces 02.21N 107.20E 25/11/1944
	U-322	Submarine	Lost	Sunk by hedgehog bombs attack from British warship Ascension, in the North Atlantic, 52 dead, 0 survivors 60.18N 04.52W 25/11/194
	U-482	Submarine	Lost	Depth charged by British warship Ascension in the North Atlantic, W of the Shetland Islands, 48 dead, 0 survivors, 25/11/1944
	CD 038	Escort	Lost	Torpedoed by American submarine Hardhead W of Manila 14.22N 119.57E 25/11/1944
	Shawinigan	Corvette	Lost	Torpedoed by GNAT acoustic homing torpedo German submarine U-1228, off Mouse Island, in the Cabot Strait, Saint Lawrence. She was escorting the ferry Burgeo en route from Porte aux Basques to Sydney. The torpedo hit her stern & set off her magazine, 110 dead, 0 survivors 47.34N 59.11W 25/11/1944

Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 900+ aircraft attack Merseburg/Leuna synthetic oil plant, Bingen marshalling yards and several targets of opportunity. All bombing utilizes the Pathfinder technique due to very heavy clouds. Escorting fighters fly over 800 sorties. V-Weapons Campaign: A German V-2 rocket struck the intersection of High Holborn and Chancery Lane in the Holborn section of London, killing 6 and wounding 292. Then, in the worst V-2 attack of the war, another one landed across the street from the Woolworths department store in New Cross, South London and killed 168. V-Weapons Campaign: In the part of South London studied 3 V1's/v2's/killing 182 people V-Weapons Campaign: V2 Hits Woolworths In New Cross Killing 173 People
Other	Heinrich Himmler ordered the gas chambers of Auschwitz destroyed as incriminating evidence of genocide

Sunday 26th November 1944
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Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 270+ aircraft attack on Munich, Germany. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 1,000+ aircraft bomb rail viaducts at Altenbeken and Bielefeld, Misburg oil refinery, marshalling yards at Hamm, Osnabruck, Hannover, Gutersloh, Bielefeld, and Herford, and 7 targets of opportunity. 15 fighter groups fly escort. About 550 fighters are encountered. HB losses total over 35 (25 to fighters). US fighters claim over 100 air victories. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 173 MBs and LBs bomb supply, storage, stores, and ordnance depots at Gaulsheim, Bergzabern, Giessen, Reichenbach, and Homburg/Saar. Fighters fly sweeps and armed reconnaissance over W Germany. Allied Bomber Offensive: Major day-time American air raid 60+ aircraft hit concentrations, supply and ammunition dumps, and rail targets at Panghkai, Kunmong, Mabein, Lashio, Panku, and around Meza. 7 others on railroad sweep hit targets of opportunity between Maymyo and Man Pyen. Allied Bomber Offensive: Major day-time American air raid 90+ aircraft attack river, rail, and road traffic and other targets of opportunity over wide S China areas, 40 of them concentrating on targets between Kweiyi and Changsha and around Liuchow.
Other	Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the destruction of the crematoria at Auschwitz concentration camp to eliminate evidence of the mass killings there.

Monday 27th November 1944
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Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	St Louis	Light Cruiser	Damaged	Damaged by 2 Japanese Kamikaze Aichi D3A 'Val' dive bomber aircraft strike, in the Surigao Strait, Philippines, first aircraft & bomb exploded on impact on her port quarter, causing a fire in the ship's hanger, second Kamikaze hit her port side taking away 20' of her armoured belt & caused numerous holes in the hull, 16 dead, 43 injured 27/11/1944

Military	The Pacific Campaign: The Battle of Peleliu ends in an American victory. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time British air raid, 170+ aircraft attack on Cologne, Germany. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 340+ aircraft attack on Freiburg, Germany. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 340+ aircraft attack on Neuss, Germany. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 450+ aircraft attack Bingen and Offenburg marshalling yards and 5 targets of opportunity, 5 fighter groups fly escort. 10 groups of fighters sent against oil targets in NC Germany failed to locate primaries. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 750+ aircraft attack Magdeburg-Munster-Hannover areas when the Germans mistake them for bomber formations. American fighters claim 98 destroyed against 11 losses. After combat 4 fighter groups resume strafing of ground targets. Allied Bomber Offensive: Major day-time American air raid 50+ aircraft armed reconnaissance over E Burma, N Indochina, and vast areas of S China attack town areas, railroad targets, bridges and other targets of opportunity around Lampang, Phu Binh, Pachai, Ishan, Wanling, Chefang, Hsenwi, and Kawnghka. Allied Bomber Offensive: Major day-time American air raid 50+ aircraft operating from Calcutta attack Bangsue railroad yards at Bangkok. 3 others hit individual targets. 81 Marianas-based B-29s fly against Tokyo. None of the VHBs bomb the primary targets (Musashino and Nakajima plants) but 59 hit secondary (urban areas and docks). 7 bomb Hamamatsu, a T/O. While the mission is in progress 11 enemy airplanes attack Isley Field on Saipan, destroying or damaging several B-29s. AA and intercepting fighters down 10 aircraft. Allied Bomber Offensive: Major day-time American air raid 80+ Marianas-based aircraft attack Tokyo. None of the VHBs bomb the primary targets (Musashino and Nakajima plants) but 59 hit secondary (urban areas and docks). 7 bomb Hamamatsu, and targets of oppuntunities. While the mission is in progress 11 enemy airplanes attack Isley Field on Saipan, destroying or damaging several B-29s. AA and intercepting fighters down 10 aircraft. Allied Bomber Offensive: The Norwegian prisoner ship Rigel was bombed and sunk in the Norwegian Sea by Fairey Barracuda aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. 2,571 people were killed.
Other	The Fauld Explosion: A military accident occurred at the RAF Fauld underground munitions storage depot east of Hanbury, Staffordshire, killing about 70 people.

Tuesday 28th November 1944
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Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 140+ aircraft attack on Neuss, Germany. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 310+ aircraft attack on Essen, Germany. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid of 60+ aircraft on armed reconnaissance over wide areas of E Burma and S China hit troops, bridges, horses, and other targets of opportunity at many locations. The Eastern Front: Soviet forces capture the Hungarian town of Mohács. The Western Front: The Allies began to operate the port of Antwerp.

Wednesday 29th November 1944
Daily Report
Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Maryland	Battleship	Damaged	Damaged by another Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike on 29/11/1944. Withdrawn for repair & refit 02/12/1944. Arrived for repair at Pearl Harbour on 18/12/1944
	Shinano	Fleet Carrier	Lost	Damaged by a torpedo from the American submarine Archerfish, 150 miles S of Tokyo. The ship was repairable & continued to steam at 18 knots. Flooding & incomplete condition of the ship made it impossible to save her despite the efforts of her crew. She eventually capsized, 1,435 needlessly died, 1,080 survivors 33.07N 137.04E 29/11/1944
	Saufley	Destroyer	Damaged	Damaged by Japanese Kamikaze aircraft strike, causing considerable damage to her hull, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 1 dead 29/11/1944

Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time British air raid, 170+ aircraft attack on Dortmund, Germany. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid of 1,000+ aircraft hit viaducts at Altenbeken and Bielefeld, Misburg oil refinery, Hamm marshalling yards, and several targets of opportunity. 16 fighter groups escort HBs and 5 groups later strafe transportation targets. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid of 300+ aircraft hit defended areas, barracks, and military depots at Wittlich, Mariaweiler, Pier, Elsdorf, Limburg, Rastatt, and Landau. Fighters escort the 9th Bomb Div and Eighth AF, fly armed reconnaissance over W Germany, and support the 104th Inf Div in holding action against counterattacks at Inden and Lammersdorf, 8th Inf Div at Hurtgen, and 7 Armd Div in XIII Corps drive toward the Roer. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 50+ aircraft in close support strikes in battle areas around Bhamo and Pinwe. Bridges at Tonbo, Pauktaw, Man Loi, Meza, Bon Chaung, and at 2 unnamed points in N Burma. The Eastern Front: The Battle of Batina ended in Allied victory. The Eastern Front: The liberation of Albania is completed as the National Liberation Movement of Albania reconquers Shkodër.
Other	French Canadian nationalist René Chaloult said during a political meeting that Quebec should secede from Canada if the province was not allowed to decide its own policies on conscription. The Terrace Mutiny ended when officers led by George Pearkes restored order.

Thursday 30th November 1944
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Country	Vessel	Type	Report	Description
	Duff	Frigate	Damaged	Damaged by a German mine off Ostend ship made it back to Harwich, 3 dead on 30/11/1944. Not repaired

Military	Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 570+ aircraft attack on Duisburg, Germany. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid of 1,200+ aircraft struck 4 synthetic oil plants at Bohlen, Zeitz, Merseburg/Leuna, and Lutzkendorf, and marshalling yards at Neunkirchen and Homburg/Saar. 16 Eighth AF and 3 Ninth AF fighter groups providing escort encounter sporadic fighter opposition. Intense accurate flak downs at least 29 HBs of a total loss of around 40. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy day-time American air raid 280+ aircraft attack defended villages of Vettweiss, Stockheim, Erp, and Pirmasens, armed vehicle repair centre at Gemund, a rail tunnel, a military camp at Malsbenden, and marshalling yards at Zweibrucken. Fighters escort 9th Bomb Div, give area support to Eighth AF HBs at Leipzig, fly sweeps, dive-bombing missions, and reconnaissance over W Germany, and support elements of US VII Corps in Hurtgen area (especially 104th Div at Lammersdorf and Inden). The Eastern Front: Soviet forces take the Hungarian city of Eger. V-Weapons Campaign: A German V-2 rocket struck Shooter's Hill in South East London at 1:00 a.m., killing 23.