Air Operations, CBI
During the night 5 7th Heavy Bomb Group B-17s attack targets in the Rangoon area. 2 of the B-17s are damaged in the operation.
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]Air Operations, Europe
BOMBER COMMAND4 Bostons make an uneventful sweep off the Dutch coast.
[ | ]Air Operations, New Guinea
5th Air Force B-17s attack the Rabaul/Vunakanau airfield.
[ | ]Australia, Home Front
In the 'Australia First' conspiracy, 3 men and a woman are arrested at Perth for plotting to set up a Fascist Government, to negotiate peace with Japan, to assassinate politicians, Communists and Catholic priests and sterilize the Jews. 2 of the men are sentenced to prison on June 29.
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Panamanian Tanker Persephone |
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Panamanian Tanker Persephone Sunk by U-593 |
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| The Panamanian tanker Persephone is sunk by U-593 with the loss of 9 of her crew. The bow of the Persephone was broken off and towed to New York by salvagers. 21,000 barrels of oil were saved, and her midship house was removed intact and placed on the tanker Livingston Roe. The rest of the wreck was blown up by the Coast Guard after being struck more than once by passing vessels. |
Eastern Front
SOUTHERN SECTORThe Soviet forces in the Izyum pocket attempt to bulldoze their way to the east. Bitter fighting with the III Panzer and LI Corps on the eastern face of the pocket proves fruitless as the German lines hold fast.
Russian Advance on Kharkov |
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Part of the Chinese 38th Div manage to reach India from Burma.
[ | ]Midway
Two light carriers and 2 cruisers leave port in Hokkaido to carry out diversionary raids in the Aleutian Islands. US forces are also on the move with submarines leaving Hawaii for patrol positions related to the Midway operation.
[ | ]South China Sea
The Japanese repair ship Asahi, an old battleship, is sunk by the American submarine Salmon (SS-182).
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USS Hornet (CV-8) at Pearl Harbor |
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