The Battle of Biak in Indonesia (then part of New Guinea, which it is just off of) began with the landing of the U.S. Army's 41st Infantry Division.
If you are like me, and I'm well-informed on World War Two, you've never heard of this battle, which occured just before the Allied capture of Rome and the Allied landings in Normandy.
Today it is a tropical tourist destination.
The U-292 was sunk by a British B-24.
Last prior edition:
Friday, May 26, 1944. Striking out for the airbases.
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