12 May 1943

- The Trident Conference began in Washington, DC, United States. ww2dbase [Trident Conference | CPC]
- At his headquarters in Brisbane, Australia, George Kenney received a report noting that the morale of US 43rd Bomb Group was sharply declining. ww2dbase [George Kenney | Brisbane, Queensland | CPC]
- Modified B-25 bombers of 13th Squadron of US 38th Bomb Group, based in Port Moresby, Australian Papua, began conducting strafing missions. ww2dbase [Port Moresby | CPC]
- Japanese troops crossed the Yangtze River near Baiyang, Hunan Province, China and attacked Chinese positions on the opposite shore. ww2dbase [Battle of Exi | Baiyang, Hunan | CPC]
- USS Finback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Finback | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- Kamikaze departed Odomari, Karafuto Prefecture, Japan (now Korsakov, Russia) for patrols in the northern Kurile Islands area. ww2dbase [Kamikaze | Odomari, Karafuto | CPC]
- USS Wahoo attacked a convoy of two Japanese ships east of Japan; both torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Wahoo | CPC]
- 105 survivors of the "San Marco" naval infantry regiment of Italian Navy were evacuated from La Galite Island by motored torpedo boats. ww2dbase [La Galite | CPC]
- Polish Jewish leader Samuel Zygelbojm committed suicide in London, England, United Kingdom as an expression of solidarity with the Jewish resistance fighters in Warsaw. "By my death I wish to make my final protest against the passivity with which the world is looking on and permitting the extermination of the Jewish people", he wrote in his suicide note. ww2dbase [London, England | CPC]


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