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May 1944

The following events occurred in May 1944: May 1, 1944 (Monday)German submarine U-277 was depth charged and sunk in the Arctic Ocean by a Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 842 Naval Air Squadron.1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions: 200 Greek communists were executed by Nazi occupation authorities in the Athens suburb of Kaisariani as reprisal for the killing of a German general by Greek Resistance fighters.Born:Suresh Kalmadi, politician and senior sports administrator, in Pune, British India (d. 2026)Died:Itzhak Katzenelson, 57, Polish-Jewish teacher, poet and dramatist (killed at Auschwitz)May 2, 1944 (Tuesday)The Second Battle of Târgu Frumos began on the Eastern Front.German submarine U-674 was sunk in the Arctic Ocean north of Tromsø by a Fairey Swordfish aircraft of 842 Naval Air Squadron.The American destroyer USS Parrott was severely damaged in a collision with the Liberty ship John Morton at Norfolk, Virginia and never repaired.Spain bowed to pressure from the Allies and agreed to stop exporting tungsten to Germany.The first two transports of Hungarian Jews arrived at Auschwitz concentration camp.May 3, 1944 (Wednesday)Soemu Toyoda was made Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleet, replacing Mineichi Koga who was killed March 31.The American destroyer escort USS Donnell was torpedoed and heavily damaged in the Atlantic Ocean by German submarine U-473.

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