10 June, 1944

World War II Database  "Yamato departed Tawi-Tawi for Batjan, Halmahera at 1600 hours for Operation KON; this was reported by American Submarine USS Harder. Shortly after, the Japanese fleet spotted a periscope and carried out evasive maneuvers that nearly resulted in a collision between Yamato and Musashi. [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• The town of Oradour-sur-Glane in central France was destroyed. Nearly all of its 652 inhabitants were killed by troops of the SS Division Das Reich; only 10 survived the massacre with fire and machine gunning. [TH]
• USS Mingo arrived at Manus, Admiralty Islands for training. [Main Article | CPC]
• German SS troops massacred 218 civilians at Distomo, central Greece, in revenge for losing seven men in a partisan ambush. [AC]
• USS Hawkbill arrived at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. [Main Article | CPC]
• Chinese troops captured Lungling, Yunnan Province, China. [Main Article | CPC]
• Former Chinese light cruiser Pinghai was renamed Yasoshima. [Main Article | CPC]
• Kittyhawk fighters of No. 80 Squadron RAAF shot down a Japanese Ki-61 aircraft over New Guinea island. This was the last Commonwealth Kittyhawk fighter victory of the war. [Main Article | CPC]

France

• RAF Lancaster and Halifax bombers attacked four airfields in France. At Leval, where German fighter-bombers were operating in attacks on the invasion beaches, the runway was cratered in several places, interrupting sorties for 48 hours. [Main Article | AC]

Germany

• The German High Command commended Italian "Folgore" parachute regiment. [CPC]

Hawaii

• Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Parts of Air Group 19 on board. [Main Article | DS]

Pacific Ocean

• USS Harder detected a Japanese fleet in the Celebes Sea consisted of three battleships, four cruisers, and a number of destroyers, but was in turn spotted by a Japanese aircraft. As destroyers approached her position, she moved forward and fired three torpedoes before diving, hitting one destroyer with 2 hits. She survived a two-hour depth charge attack. [Main Article | CPC]

United States

• The US Eighth Army was activated in the United States under the command of Lieutenant General Robert Eichelberger. [Main Article | AC]

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