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History on the 19th of July 1944

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19 Jul 1944 WW2 Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Davao, Philippine Islands; she was damaged by a mine just prior to arrival. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 Günther von Kluge was appointed the commanding officer of the German Army Group B (Heeresgruppe B). 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 USS Rock detected a Japanese convoy in the Luzon Strait and attacked with ten torpedoes. She recorded six detonations, but was not able to observe whether any of the ships sank. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 Franklin Roosevelt was nominated to run for a fourth term as the President of the United States. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 Raoul Wallenberg might have met with Adolf Eichmann at the Hotel Majestic in Budapest, Hungary. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 Claus von Stauffenberg was summoned to see Adolf Hitler at Rastenburg, East Prussia, Germany on the following day. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 USS Pompon departed for her sixth war patrol. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 German submarine U-968 was attacked by a British RAF Liberator bomber in the Atlantic Ocean; 1 was killed, 6 were wounded. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 The keel of US minesweeper Minivet was laid down. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 US destroyer Zellars was launched. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 Destroyer escort USS Wyman sank Japanese submarine I-5 360 miles east of Guam, Mariana Islands. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 German submarine U-2502 was commissioned into service. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 The keel of German submarine U-2513 was laid down. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 The keel of German submarine U-3507 was laid down. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 British minesweeper HMS Mameluke was launched. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 British destroyer HMS Saintes was launched. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 Destroyer escort USS Kenneth M. Willet was commissioned into service. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 US Far East Air Force dispatched B-24 aircraft to attack Yap, Ngulu, and Sorol in the Caroline Islands. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 In France, Canadian troops cleared Caen's southern suburbs, capturing Vaucelles, Louvigny, and Flery-sur-Orne, while British 11th Armoured Division captured Bras and Hubert-Follie. In the afternoon, 262 US 9th Air Force B-26 Marauder and A-20 Havoc aircraft attacked bridges on the Loire River and Seine River and a fuel dump at Bruz, France. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 From Britain, US 8th Air Force dispatched 5 B-17 bombers to drop propaganda leaflets in France and Belgium while 5 B-24 bombers paradropped supplies to French resistance fighters. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 1,082 B-17 and B-24 bombers, escorted by 670 P-38, P-47, and P-51 fighters attacked factories (hydrogen peroxide, chemical, aircraft, and ball bearing), six rail marshalling yards, a dam, and four airfields in western and southwestern Germany; 17 bombers and 7 fighters were lost. From Italy, US 15th Air Force launched 400 B-17 and B-24 bombers attacked an ordnance depot, an aircraft factory, an automobile factory, and an airfield in the München (Munich) area; 16 US aircraft were lost. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 USS Croaker departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first war patrol. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 USS Seahorse sank arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her fifth war patrol. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Pouring began on the foundation for the engine overahaul facility. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 US 34th Division captured Livorno, Italy. The Germans set up about 25,000 booby traps as they evacuated the city. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 Soviet troops crossed the border into Latvia. 
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19 Jul 1944 WW2 In the Mariana Islands, US 7th Air Force launched P-47 aircraft based on Saipan to attack Tinian. 
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