WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, May 23, 1944:
Mediterranean
Italy: Allied 6th Corps breaks out of Anzio bridgehead (Operation Buffalo). British 8th Army attacks ‘Adolf Hitler‘ Line.
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, Soldiers, Ships
British, “9,203”, “2 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 5 other ships”
US, “23,860”, “2 minesweepers, 2 Liberty, 6 landing ships”
German, “10,306”, –
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Far East
China: Chinese launch counter-offensive in Honan Province.
Air War
Western Europe: Paris radio announces railway system in chaos.