Air Operations, Carolines

41st Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack Ponape Island.

Air Operations, CBI

• 9 7th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack port and rail facilities at Moulmein. 4 B-24s sow mines at the mouth of the Tavoy River. 18 10th Air Force A-31s attack Japanese Army positions throughout the Arakan coastal region. 18 A-31s attack Japanese Army ground troops at Kangpoki (India) and Maungkan. Several 490th Medium Bomb Squadron B-25s and more than 100 10th Air Force fighter-bombers attack numerous targets at and around Kamaing, Kazu, Mogaung, and Myitkyina. Fighter-bombers support Allied ground troops near Kamaing. Several B-25s and nearly 40 fighter-bombers attack a bridge, Japanese Army ground troops and supplies, a fuel dump, artillery batteries, and targets of opportunity in the Katha area. 10 14th Air Force P-40s attack road traffic in the Wanling area.

• 3 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack two bridges, several buildings, and a rail line at Phu Dien Chau.

Air Operations, Europe

(4th?)6 RAF Mosquitos destroy the Central Population Registry building in The Hague which contained Gestapo records.

• Railways are the targets for a large effort by Bomber Command. 180 Lancasters of No. 5 Group are sent to Tours; 1 Lancaster is lost. 157 Halifaxes of No. 4 Group and 10 Pathfinder Mosquitos are sent to Tergnier; 10 Halifaxes are lost. 148 Lancasters and 15 Mosquitos are sent to Laon; 1 Lancaster is lost. 132 Lancasters and 15 Pathfinder Mosquitos are sent to Aulnoye; 7 Lancasters are lost. 122 Halifaxes of No. 6 Group and 10 Pathfinder Mosquitos are sent to Ghent, Belgium; there are no losses. With the exception of the attack at Laon, all targets suffer heavy damage.

• 36 Mosquitos are sent to Hannover and 2 to Duisburg, 17 Lancasters and 1 Mosquito of No. 617 Squadron are sent to hit the St Cyr signals depot, 8 Stirlings lay mines off La Pallice, 46 aircraft are involved in Resistance operations, and there are 9 Serrate patrols, 8 RCM and 17 OTU sorties.
• There are no losses.

Railway Yards at Tours after the Highly Successful Attack by aircraft of No 5 Group during the Night of 10 April

Air Operations, Japan

3 28th Composite Bomb Group B-24s complete an armed reconnaissance mission to Matusuwa and Onnetkotan islands in the Kurile Islands.

Air Operations, New Guinea

US destroyers and nearly 60 V Bomber Command B-24s attack airfields and anticraft batteries around Hansa Bay.

Battle of the Atlantic

Aircraft (VC-58) from the US escort carrier Guadalcanal sink the German submarine U-68 off Madeira Island.

Burma-India

Slim now feels that he has a complete picture of the situation and that an offensive is practical and necessary. The troops surrounded at Imphal and Kohima will continue to be supplied by air and particularly in the case of the Imphal garrison are to operate as offensively as possible. Stopford's XXXIII Corps is to break through and relieve Kohima.

Eastern Front

The 3rd Ukraine Front takes Odessa after a vicious battle. The Germans have managed to evacuate by sea 24,000 men, many wounded, as well as 55,000 tons of supplies. In the Crimea the initial German defense lines are being worn down. Armyansk is taken. The Rumanian troops holding the right of the line are in severe trouble. In Rumania itself 2nd Ukraine Front crosses the Siret and takes Radauti and Suceava.

Odessa falls, cutting one escape route for the German 17th Army. In the Crimea the XLIX Mountain Corps begins to give on the Perekop Isthmus as 2nd Guards Army bludgeons its way to the Ishun Narrows. Armyansk falls. On the Zivash sector the 10th Rumanian Division collapses after hart fighting with the 51st Army. The right flank of the XLIX Mountain Corps quickly crumbles, enabling the 51st Army to widen the penetration and threaten the rear of the Perekop defenses. Farther east V Corps is similarly overwhelmed and begins a slow withdrawal. Tolbukhin now launches his armor into the attack, smashing through the thin rearguards left by the XLIX and V Corps. Against the highly mechanized Soviet divisions the 17th Army is stranded, its infantry divisions having to fight their way back to Sevastopol.

Italy

German officers give up their plan for another attack on Anzio.

New Guinea

The embarkation of men and materials fo the operation against Hollandia begins.

Images from April 10, 1944

Italian peasants carry out their peaceful pursuits right up to the location of the trucks of the 2 New Zealand Division in the forward areas of the Italian Front, 10 April 1944

Italian Peasants at Work

New Zealand Soldiers Stroll through a Typical Village in the Italian Front Line Area, 10 April 1944

An Allied anti aircraft crew keeps watch for enemy aircraft in the mountainous country in the forward areas of the Italian Front, 10 April 1944

An Allied Anti-Aircraft Crew Keeps Watch

Six US Navy LSTs loading men and equipment during a practice landing near Lae, New Guinea, 10 April 1944. M4 Sherman tank left of center, bulldozers on beach in background with 6x6 cargo trucks, cargo trailer lower center, Dodge 3/4-ton weapons carrier (WC-51 or 52?) at lower right.

6 US Navy LSTs Loading Men and Equipment

Anti-aircraft Battery Area in Anzio, Italy, 10 April 1944

Anti-aircraft Gun at Anzio, 10 April 1944

40mm Bofors Anti-aircraft Gun on Anzio Beachead, 10 April 1944

122 Royal Canadian Air force Halifax’s dropped 600 tons of bombs on the Merelbeke-Melle rail yards at Ghent, Belgium. Unfortunately, the rail yards being located in a built-up area, 438 Belgian civilians were killed.

Bombing Rail Yards at Ghent, Belgium