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• Shokaku joined a large fleet for the Aleutian Islands, but the sortie was canceled as Attu was reclaimed by US forces. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
• Kimberly was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• Shigeru Fukudome was named the chief of staff of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• American TBF aircraft from the 14,000-ton USS Bogue attacked the German submarine U-569, forcing her to surface and surrender. ww2dbase [AC]

• Japanese troops launched an attack toward the region west of Yidu, Hubei Province, China. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• The Italian flag was hoisted aboard captured French cruiser La Galissonnière at Toulon, France. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]
• The Italian flag was hoisted aboard captured French cruiser Jean de Vienne at Toulon, France. ww2dbase [Main Article | Facility | CPC]

• Adolf Hitler, Erhard Milch, Adolf Galland, Willy Messerschmitt and others previewed the Me 262 jet fighter at Lechfeld, München-Oberbayern, Germany. Hitler liked the jet and demanded it to be used as a bomber. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Admiral Chester Nimitz boarded USS Wahoo at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii to present awards. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Satoru Anabuki, flying Ki-43 fighter "Fubuki", shot down two Hurricane fighters over Chittagong, India (now Bangladesh), increasing his score to 42. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• Carrier Langley was launched at Camden, New Jersey, United States. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
• USS Sable departed Buffalo, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Main Article | DS]

22 May 1943 Interactive Map