Diary WW2

Diary for Sunday, May 12, 1940: Western Front French light mechanized units withdraw and all the bridges over river Meuse are blown up, except those at Mezieres, where French fortress […]

Diary for Saturday, May 12, 1945: Sea War Last Arctic convoys JW.67 (eastbound) and RA.67 (westbound); on May 16 convoy escort accepts surrender of 14 U-boats and escorts them to

Diary for Friday, May 11, 1945: Sea War Pacific: Carrier Bunker Hill (TF 58) hit by 3 Kamikaze planes off Okinawa; 392 killed, 264 wounded. Russian Front Russians launch final

Diary for Friday, May 10, 1940: Western Front GERMANS INVADE HOLLAND, BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG without warning (Operation Gelb = Yellow ) employing 77 divisions (including 10 Panzer and 2 airborne)

Diary for Thursday, May 10, 1945: Russian Front Russian troops occupy Prague. Okinawa US Marines establish bridgehead over river Asa.

Diary for Thursday, May 9, 1940: Western Front At noon Hitler orders ‘Gelb’ offensive to begin at 5.35 a.m. on May 10. At 9 a.m. code word ‘Danzig’ transmitted to

Diary for Wednesday, May 9, 1945: Home Fronts Russia – Victory celebrations in Moscow: 2 million people watch spectacular fireworks display. Britain: Many Defense Regulations revoked. Russian Front German Army

Diary for Wednesday, May 8, 1940: Home Fronts Britain: Norway Debate concluded. Severe criticism of Chamberlain by Lloyd George: ‘the Prime Minister….has appealed for sacrifice….he should sacrifice the Seals of

Diary for Tuesday, May 8, 1945: Sea War Final German evacuation convoys from Courland (Latvia); 126 small craft. 1,420,000 people evacuated from Pomerania and East Prussia since January 25. Liberty

Diary for Tuesday, May 7, 1940: Home Fronts Britain: NORWAY DEBATE begins in House of Commons. Chamberlain defends Conservative Governments strategy. He comes under fierce attack from Admiral Keyes and

Diary for Monday, May 7, 1945: Politics UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF GERMANY. General JodI signs instrument of surrender at 2.41 am in schoolroom at Rheims. Western Front Allied forces occupy Emden

Diary for Monday, May 6, 1940: Norway Norwegian troops fight back in Roeros-Stoeren sector (eastern central Norway). Norwegian gold reserve (£33 millions) safe in London. Secret War The Pope tells

Diary for Sunday, May 6, 1945: Burma British 14th Army links up with ‘Dracula’ forces, north of Rangoon. Western Front Czechoslovakia: Patton occupies Skoda Works. Occupied countries Czechoslovakia: 3 Waffen-SS

Diary for Sunday, May 5, 1940: Norway French Foreign Legionnaires and Polish troops land at Harstad (near Narvik) and Tromso (north of Narvik). Secret War Captain Hermann Goertz, of the