of the opening of the Fifth War Loan Drive. June 13, 1944 (Tuesday) The Germans launched the first V-1 flying bombs at England. Of the ten fired on this day four reached England, killing six people and destroying a railroad bridge. The Battle of Bréville ended in British victory. The Battle of Bloody Gulch was fought southwest of Carentan in Normandy, resulting in U.S. victory. The Battle of Villers-Bocage was fought in Normandy. RAF Bomber Command sent 221 aircraft to bomb Le Havre in its first daylight raid since May 1943. Three torpedo boats, fifteen S-boats, nine minesweepers and eight patrol boats were among the many German ships sunk in the raid. The British destroyer Boadicea was bombed and sunk off Portland Bill by the Luftwaffe. German submarine U-715 was depth charged and sunk northeast of the Faroe Islands by a PBY Canso of No. 162 Squadron RCAF. Born: Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, in Injō, Japanese Korea June 14, 1944 (Wednesday) American submarine USS Golet was sunk off Honshu by Japanese ships and aircraft. The Battle of Lone Tree Hill began in Netherlands New Guinea between American and Japanese forces. The Battle of Porytowe Wzgórze began between Polish and Russian partisans and Nazi German forces. Operation Perch ended in British failure. Charles de Gaulle visited the Normandy beachhead. An RAF Mosquito recorded the first successful shooting down of a V-1 flying bomb over the English Channel. Eleanor Roosevelt, the First Lady of the United States, opened the White House Conference on How Women May Share in Post-War Policy-Making. June 15, 1944 (Thursday) The Battle of Saipan began when U.S. forces landed on Saipan in the Mariana Islands. Over the night of June 15/16 the United States Army Air Force conducted the Bombing of Yawata, the first air raid on the Japanese home islands. The Battle of Porytowe Wzgórze ended in a temporary victory for the Polish and Russian partisan forces. RAF Bomber Command sent 297 aircraft to attack Boulogne, sinking three German minesweeping tenders, nine minesweepers, two patrol boats, three tugs and five harbour defense vessels. The British frigate Blackwood was torpedoed and damaged off Brittany by German submarine U-764 and foundered the next day off Portland Bill. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation led by Tommy Douglas won the general election in the province of Saskatchewan, marking the first time a socialist government had been elected anywhere