Friday, May 25, 2018

TRIDENT Conference Ends

TUE 25 MAY 1943
TRIDENT Conference ends. President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill reaffirm earlier decisions to accord first priority to defeating Germany, agree to step up the strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe, and to plan the invasion of France to take place on 1 May 1944.

Atlantic
PBY (VP 84) sinks German submarine U-467, 62°25'N, 14°52'W.

Mediterranean
USAAF aircraft bomb harbor installations at Messina, sinking Italian torpedo boat Groppo.

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