Air Operations, East IndiesV Bomber Command B-25s attack Penfoei, Timor. [ | ]Air Operations, Europe
Daylight Ops:
Air Operations, New Guinea
Baltic SeaRussian submarines supported by aircraft and minesweepers, make unsuccessful attempts to break through the German-Finnish blockade in the Baltic. [ | ]BurmaThe 26th Indian Div is forced to retire to the northwest from Buthiduang, which is taken by the Japanese. [ | ]Canada, Home FrontThe House of Commons vote to contribute an additional $1 billion toward the war effort. [ | ]MediterraneanBritish destroyers of Force K and Force Q blockade Cape Bon to prevent an Axis 'Dunkirk'-style evacuation from Tunisia. [ | ]North AfricaTUNISIAThe Allied forces burst forward all along the line. Tunis and Bizerta are both captured at about the same time in the afternoon by the British at 3:40p.m. and the Americans at 4:15p.m. respectively. French forces with the 1st Army enter Pont du Fahs.
In the US II Corps area, the 9th Div finishes clearing Djebel Cheniti and the adjacent hills to the north, then reconnoiters toward Bizerte as enemy resistance on the northern front collapses. Reconnaissance elements of the 894th Tank Destroyer Battalion, followed closely by elements of the 751st Tank Battalion, enter Bizerte, where they find few enemy but many mines and booby traps. Ferryville falls to the 1st Armored Div. Elements of the 1st Armored Div driving eastward to cut the Tunis-Bizerte road reach Oued ben Hassine and take the bridge intact. The 34th Div drives toward the Chouïgui defile but is stopped a little short of it by enemy forces on Hill 242. The enemy abandons the pass during the night. In the British 1st Army's IX Corps area, the 7th and 6th Armored Divs continue northeastward from Massicault, overrunning St Cyprien and Le Bardo. The Derbyshire Yeomanry and the 11th Hussars enter Tunis in the afternoon. The French XIX Corps occupies Pont-du-Fahs.
SolomonsUS forces lay mine barrages in the waters around New Georgia across the Blackett Strait in the Kula Gulf to isolate it from Japanese supplies. 3 destroyers are sunk by these mines on May 8. [ | ] |
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