Air Operations, Aleutians
6 28th Comp Bombardment Group B-24s attack Kiska after being diverted from Attu by bad weather. 4 343rd Fighter Group P-40s strafe barges at Kiska.
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]Air Operations, Bismarcks
43rd Heavy Bomb Group B-17s and 90th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack Gasmata, airfields in the Rabaul area, Arawe, and Cape Gloucester.
[ | ]Air Operations, CBI
BURMA- 10 Air Force bombers and fighter-bombers open a three-day all-out pre-monsoon effort against Japanese lines of communication in western Burma.
| ]Air Operations, Europe
BOMBER COMMANDDaylight Ops:
- 13 Bostons bomb the Abbeville airfield without a loss.
- 13 Lancasters and 4 Wellingtons lay mines off Brest and in the southern part of Biscay.
- There are no losses.
| ]Air Operations, Mediterranean
Allied attacks on Pantelleria are intensified, and the island is virtually cut off by a naval blockade. Heavy raids will continue until June 5.
[ | ]Air Operations, New Guinea
- 1 V Bomber Command heavy bomber attacks Lorengau, Manus Island.
- Japanese bombers attack Wau.
| ]Aleutians
On Attu the American forces advancing from the north and south of the island link up and prepare to attack what they believe are the last Japanese positions on the approach to Chicagof Harbor. In the northern sector new units and supplies are landed.
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China
The Japanese launch an offensive across the Yangtze River in China. The ultimate objective is the Chinese capital of Chungking.
[ | ]World Affairs
A United Nations Food Conference begins in Hot Springs, Va. It sits until June 3 and produces various resolutions calling for fairer distribution of resources in the post-war world.
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