Charles de Gaulle issued a decree giving French women the right to vote.
It's hard to imagine that the vote came to French women this late.
Japanese troops captured Crete West Hill during the Battle of Imphal.
As Sarah Sundin notes on her blog:
Today in World War II History—April 21, 1944: German Gen. Hans-Valentin Hube is killed in a plane crash at Berchtesgaden; Gen. Erhard Raus replaces him over German First Panzer Army.
She also noted that a massive US task force with up to twenty aircraft carriers had attacked Hollandia, Wakde, Sawar, and Sarmi, New Guinea from the air in preparation for landings. D-Day was the following day.
The following statement, a product of Bretton Woods, was released:
Italy formed a coalition government.
The RAF hit Cologne, La Chappelle (Paris), Lens and Ottignies (Brussels).
The Battle of Gurba occured in Ukraine, but it's obscure. It was an action between the Soviets and the Ukrainian National Army, and relatively large-scale for such an encounter.
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