25 May 1944




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- Germans launched combined ground-airborne assault on Tito's headquarters in Drvar, Bosnia, Yugoslavia. ww2dbase [TH]
- Submarine Sea Robin was launched, sponsored by the wife of US Navy Captain Homer Ambrose, the production superintendent at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, United States where the submarine was built. ww2dbase [Sea Robin | CPC]
- USS Pollack fired four torpedoes at a Japanese destroyer in the Pacific Ocean; all torpedoes missed. ww2dbase [Pollack | CPC]
- Chindit forces abandoned the Blackpool site in Burma. ww2dbase [Operation Thursday | CPC]
- USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese transport and damaged another transport at dawn off the Philippine Islands, hitting them with 4 of 4 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Flying Fish | CPC]
- William Halsey gave a farewell speech to SOPAC personnel at Emirau, Bismarck Islands. ww2dbase [William Halsey | Emirau | CPC]
- Japanese troops captured Luoyang, China. ww2dbase [Operation Ichigo | Luoyang, Henan | CPC]
- US 3rd Division captured Cisterna, Italy after house-to-house fighting, nearly wiping out 362nd Infantry Division in the process; nearby, US 1st Armored Division engaged German Herman Göring Division at Valmontone while US Fifth Army troops linked up with the Anzio contingent. At the end of the day, Mark Clark ordered Lucian Truscott to turn north toward Rome without informing Harold Alexander. ww2dbase [Battle of Anzio | Lazio | TH, CPC]
- Polish troops captured Piedimonte, Italy. ww2dbase [Battle of Monte Cassino | Piedimonte | CPC]
- Landing ship No. 108 was launched. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
- Landing ship No. 152 was completed. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
- Landing ship No. 104 was sunk by US aircraft west of Luzon island, Philippines. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | South China Sea | CPC]
- King George VI of the United Kingdom and Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery visited USS Ancon. ww2dbase [Ancon | England | CPC]
- USS Portland arrived at Mare Island Naval Shipyard for repairs and an overhaul. ww2dbase [Mare Island Navy Yard | Portland | Vallejo, California | DS]




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