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History on the 16th of July 1944

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16 Jul 1944 WW2 Yet another pocket began to form in Ukraine as over 40,000 German troops were about to be encircled near Brody. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 After dark, New Zealand Lieutenant-Commander R. B. Goodwin became the only prisoner of war to make a successful escape from Hong Kong. He went over the Shamsuipo camp wire during the night and swam to the mainland of China, travelling overland to Kunming. He arrived back in New Zealand in Nov 1944. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 A total of 1,087 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers USAAF Eighth Air Force attacked Germany in three waves (407, 238, and 407 bombers, respectively), escorted by 240, 214, and 169 fighters, respectively, with most of the bombers targeting Munich, Stuggart, Augsburg, and Saarbrucken; a total of 11 bombers and 3 fighters were lost. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 During the day, about 375 USAAF Ninth Air Force aircraft attacked German positions in the Saint-Lô and Rennes areas in France throughout the day. After dark, 5 B-17 bombers were launched to drop propaganda leaflets over France and another group of 24 B-17 bombers flew in support of French resistance groups. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 About 380 USAAF Fifteenth Air Force aircraft from Italy attacked Munchendorf Airfield, Winterhafen oil depot, Vienna marshalling yard, and the Wiener Neudorf engine factory in and near Vienna, Austria. 10 bombers were shot down while American escorting fighters claimed to have shot down 30 of the 100 German fighters which rose to defend Vienna. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 British destroyers HMS Chelsea (former USS Crowninshield), HMS Brighton (former USS Cowell), HMS Richmond (former USS Fairfax), and HMS St Albans (former USS Thomas) were transferred to the Soviet Union. They were renamed Dzerki, Zharki, Zhivuchi, and Dostoinyi, respectively. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 Soviet forces attacked Grodno, Byelorussia. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 Soviet aircraft sank German anti-aircraft cruiser Niobe in Kotka harbor, Finland; the Soviet pilots mis-identified their victim as Finnish coastal defence ship Väinämöinen. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 In the Mariana Islands, P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft of US Seventh Air Force from Saipan attacked Japanese targets at Tinian. At Merizo, Guam, Japanese Army troops massacred 30 civilians. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 Submarines USS Guardfish, USS Piranha, and USS Thresher attacked Japanese convoy Tama 21C, en route from Takao in Taiwan to Manila in the Philippine Islands; 4 ships were sunk, 2 ships were damaged. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 USAAF declared Kamiri airfield at Noemfoor, Biak Islands operational as a fighter base. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 US submarine Bullhead was launched. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 US destroyer Hugh W. Hadley was launched. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 The keel of US destroyer Fred T Berry was laid down. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 British aircraft attacked German submarine U-299, wounding the German commanding officer. U-299 would be forced to return to Norway for repairs. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 Dragon was decommissioned from service. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 USS Astoria departed Trinidad for Puerto Rico. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 Claus von Stauffenberg hosted a party at his home at Wannsee, Germany, which was attended by several anti-Hitler conspirators. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 USS Cabrilla sank a Japanese transport between Borneo and Philippine Islands, hitting her with 2 of 6 torpedoes fired. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 General Dwight Eisenhower recommended the formation of a combined Anglo-American airborne Army and nominated Lieutenant General Lewis Brereton to command with Lieutenant General Frederick Browning (who was actually senior) as his deputy. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 B-24 bombers of US Fifth Air Force attacked Yap, Caroline Islands. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 USS Whale arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 Troops of the British 8th Army captured Arezzo, Italy while troops of the British XIII Corps crossed the Arno River. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 Brazilian 6th Infantry Regiment arrived in Naples, Italy. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 USS Ticonderoga departed Port of Spain, Trinidad for Norfolk, Virginia, United States. She was escorted by destroyers USS Broome, USS Simpson, and USS Winslow. 
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16 Jul 1944 WW2 The Polish government-in-exile in London, England, United Kingdom published a paper which laid claim to the German territory of East Prussia and the Free City of Danzig; the paper also reasserted the territory that the Germans called "Polish Corridor" was to remain within Polish borders. 
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16 Jul 1944 RELIGIOUS German Lutheran theologian and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letterfrom prison: 'One has to live for some time in a community to understand how Christ is"formed" in it (Gal 4:19).'
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