[Homer_J_Simpson]

Record Day in Air (Middleton) – 2
Sinclair Calls Air Victory Short-Cut (MacDonald) – 3
War News Summarized – 3
Nazis Seen Speeding Protection of Other Big Dams from R.A.F. – 4
Attu Foes to Be ‘Liquidated’ if They Fight On, Knox Says (Shalett) – 5
M’Arthur Fliers Destroy 11 Zeros – 5
Yamamoto Death Called Mystery; One Authority Suspects Suicide – 6
Staffs Reach Strategy Decisions; Roosevelt, Churchill Study Them (Lawrence) – 7
Allies’ Next Blow May Hit Axis Isles (Baldwin) * – 8-9
Jews’ Last Stand Felled 1,000 Nazis – 9
Big American Raids Continue in Burma – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 10-12
5 Die in a Mutiny Aboard a U-Boat – 12
Australians Would Grant Air Bases to Us After War Has Ended, Gallup Poll Finds (Gallup) – 12

* This completes Hanson’s 12-part situation report for the European Theater of Operations. He finished with a little speculation as to where the next Allied blow will fall.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/may1943/f22may43.htm

Allies win the Battle of the Atlantic
Saturday, May 22, 1943 www.onwar.com

A U-boat sinking [photo at link].

From Berlin... Admiral Dontiz orders all U-boat patrols in the north Atlantic to break off operations against the convoys. The submarine losses have grown too high. This decision effectively ends the battle of the Atlantic with an Allied victory. Some boats are moved south to the Caribbean and to waters off the Azores.

On the Eastern Front... In the Caucasus, the German 17th Army continues to counterattack. Soviet forces continue to hold the offensive.

In the Aleutian Islands... On Attu American forces make some progress along the Clevesy Pass.

In the United States... Mississippi river flooding continues. In total, 150,000 people become homeless.

In Washington... The Trident Conference continues.