body of work was a hoax created in a single afternoon by the writers James McAuley and Harold Stewart, calculated to embarrass Angry Penguins editor Max Harris by demonstrating how easy it was to write meaningless poetry in the modernist style and get intellectuals to praise it. Born: Jeff Beck, rock guitarist, in Wallington, London, England June 25, 1944 (Sunday) The Battle of Osuchy began near Osuchy, Poland between Nazi German and Polish resistance forces. The Bombardment of Cherbourg took place when U.S. and British warships attacked German fortifications in and around Cherbourg. Operation Martlet began. The Battle of Tali-Ihantala began. German submarine U-269 was depth charged and sunk southeast of Torquay by British frigate Bickerton. Died: Lucha Reyes, 38, Mexican singer and actress June 26, 1944 (Monday) Allied troops captured Mogaung in Burma. German forces at Cherbourg surrendered. Fortress commander Karl-Wilhelm von Schlieben and Admiral Walter Hennecke were among the officers captured. British forces began Operation Epsom, again trying to take the German-occupied city of Caen. The Battle of Osuchy ended in German victory. The British frigate Goodson was torpedoed off Portland Bill by German submarine U-984 and rendered a total loss. German submarine U-317 was depth charged and sunk northeast of Shetland by a B-24 of No. 86 Squadron RAF. German submarine U-719 was depth charged and sunk northwest of Ireland by British destroyer Bulldog. All three New York baseball teams (the Yankees, the Giants and the Dodgers) squared off at the Polo Grounds in an experimental round-robin exhibition game to raise money for war bonds. Each team would play in the field and bat for two consecutive innings, then sit for an inning until they had played a total of nine innings. The final score was Dodgers 5, Yankees 1, Giants 0. The 1944 Republican National Convention opened in Chicago, Illinois. June 27, 1944 (Tuesday) Elements of the Sovet 1st Baltic Front occupied Vitebsk. During the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, Red Army forces took Petrozavodsk itself. The Veterans' Preference Act was enacted in the United States, requiring the federal government to favor returning war veterans when hiring new employees. Died: Milan Hodža, 66, Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938 June 28, 1944 (Wednesday) The Bobruysk Offensive, Mogilev Offensive and Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive all ended in Soviet victories. Hitler sacked Ernst Busch as commander of Army Group Centre and replaced him with Walter Model. The Republican National Convention ended