- 1337 24 May The Hundred Years War between England and France begins when France confiscates Gascony from Edward III.
- 1941 24 May HMS 'Hood' is sunk by the German battleship 'Bismarck', with just three survivors from the 1,419 crew.
- 1943 24 May Germany calls off the Battle of the Atlantic by withdrawing its U-boats from North Atlantic convoy routes.
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