Monday, May 6, 2024

Saturday, May 6, 1944. Shelling Sevastapol.

Reconnaissance photograph, Normandy.

The Red Army began its attack on Sevastapol with a massive artillery strike, the Red Army norm.

The Biltmore Conference opened in New York City. It was a convention of Zionist meeting in the context of the Second World War at a point at which the mass murder of Jews was fairly openly known, and was certainly known amongst Jews.  The topic was the British Palestinian Mandate.

The USS Gunard attacked the Take Ichi convoy, sinking three freighters.

The U-473 was sunk southeast of Ireland by the Royal Navy.


The first flight of the Mitsubishi A7M, the intended replacement for the famous A6M "Zero", occured.  Only seven of the carrier planes would be built before the end of the war.

The U66 was rammed and sunk by the USS Buckley off of Cape Verde.

Pensive won the Kentucky Derby.

MGM released the Million Dollar Cat episode of Tom and Jerry.

Last prior edition:

Friday, May 5, 1944. Counterattack at Imphal.

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