THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY May 22. 1943:
American heavy bombers hammered submarine-construction yards at
Wilhelmshaven and Emden in Germany yesterday in their eighth day of
raiding this month. The new twin blow at the Nazi sub fleet followed a
night of RAF raids on targets which included Berlin and was matched by
U.S. airmen flying from bases in A f r i ca who, communiques reported yesterday, have destroyed a total of 186 enemy a i r c r a ft in two days of relentless
smashing at Italy and the off-shore island.
American fighters and bombers
destroyed 113 enemy planes on raids on Italy and Sardinia yesterday in wh at was
officially called "one of the greatest victory days in the history of the strategic
'air forces."
Admiral Jsoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the combined
Japanese fleet—and who once boasted he would dictate peace terms
in the White House—has been killed while directing operations aboard an
aircraft-carrier, Tokyo radio announced today.
Admiral Yamamoto is credited with having planned the attack on Pearl
Harbor. For this successful stab in the back he was awarded the Golden Apple
by the Emperor Hirohito.
THE STARS AND STRIPES
Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European PE Theater of Operations
Vol. 3 No. 171 New York, N.Y.— London, England Saturday, May 22, 1943
USAAF Smashes U-Boat Bases In Reich
Bombers Hit Emden
And Wilhelmshaven;
Italy Attacks Mount
Strong American Formations Hit Targets
Despite Heavy Defenses; 113 Axis
Craft Destroyed by Africa Force
American heavy bombers hammered submarine-construction yards at
Wilhelmshaven and Emden in Germany yesterday in their eighth day of
r a iding this month. The new t w in blow at the Nazi sub fleet followed a
night of RAF raids on targets which included Berlin and was matched by
U.S. airmen flying from bases in A f r i ca who, communiques reported yesterday, have destroyed a total of 186 enemy a i r c r a ft in two days of relentless
smashing at Italy and the off-shore island.
8th A ir Force Planes Blast
Two Bases in Germany
Two strong formations of American
heavy bombers raided submarine construction yards at Wilhelmshaven and
Emden, in Germany, at noon yesterday. Both missions were unescorted by fighters
and both met strong fighter opposition and heavy anti-aircraft fire.
Despite the defenses, the attacks were "pressed home and a large weight of
bombs was dropped," an Eighth Air Force communique said.
Twelve bombers were reported missing, the second highest number of heavies yet
lost in one day in this theater.
Without setting a specific total, the communique said that "many" enemy
fighters were destroyed.
U.S. Fighter Sweep
U.S. Planes from Africa
Raid Italian Bases
ALLIED HQ, North Africa, May 21 (AP)—American fighters and bombers
destroyed 113 enemy planes on raids on Italy and Sardinia yesterday in wh at was
officially called "one of the greatest victory days in the history of the strategic
'air forces."
Aircraft of half a dozen types pa r t i c ipated in whirlwind attacks, d u r i ng
which 91 Axis aircraft were destroyed on the ground and 22 ambitious Axis pilots
were sent down in flames. The roll-call of enemy aerial disasters amount ed to 186
enemy planes in two days. Allied a i r c r a ft destroyed 73 enemy a i r c r a ft a loft or onthe ground the d a y. before in similar heavy attacks.
American Lightnings, raging up and down the battered Italian island of Sardinia, dropped three bombs on a dam, ten miles east of Sassari, in an a t t a ck
which brought the Ruhr Valley flood strategy to I t a ly. There was no report,
as to whether the bombing had burst the
dam.
5,261 Since June, '40
At the same time as the news of this latest triumph in the massive Allied air
campaign to destroy the Luftwaffe and the Italian air force sent a thrill of pride
and joy through the Allied forces in Af r i c a, the RAF and U.S. Air Forces in
a joint .communique disclosed that they had destroyed 5,172 Axis planes in air
combats in the Mediterranean area between the entry of Italy into the war
on June 10, 1940, and the collapse of resistance in Tunisia. Of these 3,415 were
shot down by the Middle East Command including Ma l t a, and 1,757 in the No r th
African campaign
Highest Jap
Naval Officer
Killed at Sea
Admiral Yamamoto Slain
On Carrier; Yanks
Advance In Attu
WASHINGTON, May 21 —
Admiral Jsoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the combined
Japanese fleet—and who once boasted he would dictate peace terms
in the White House—has been killed while directing operations aboard an
aircraft-carrier, Tokyo radio announced today.
News of Yamamoto's death overshadowed the reports of the battle for
Attu Island, where American planes and ground forces are pounding Chicagof
Harbor—the Japs' last stronghold on the small Aleutian island.
Yamamoto, naval attache in Washington from 1921 to 1924, already has been
replaced by newly-promoted Admiral Mineichi Koga, former Jap naval chief
in Chinese waters.
American naval men here said they were unaware of any sea combat in April
sufficiently important to have claimed the attention of Japan's highest naval officer.
Pearl Harbor Planner.
Admiral Yamamoto is credited with having planned the attack on Pearl
Harbor. For this successful stab in the back he was awarded the Golden Apple
by the Emperor Hirohito.
It was also Yamamoto who organized the gigantic spy ring, largely consisting
of Army and Navy officers disguised as fishermen, which explored the waters of
Australia, New Guinea and the East Indies and shadowed the British and U.S.
fleets until Japan was ready to strike.
Nazis in Donetz
Soviets Repel New Attacks
Along The Kuban,
Sink Barges
MOSCOW, May 21—Heavy artilleryduels have broken the Stalemate along
the Severny-Donetz, where the Germans have made f u t i le attacks to destroy the
Russian bridgeheads along the right bank of the river south of Izyum, south of
Krasny-Liman and south of Lisichansk, according to reports in Moscow.
Tank, infantry and air attacks were launched by the Germans to try to
reduce these bridgeheads, but the Russians not only countered them but widened
their bridgeheads and made them deeper.
The areas held by the Russians along the river, honeycombed with trenches and
defense positions, give them a strong offensive-defensive line.
Fierce Fighting
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