Diary WW2

Diary for Wednesday, May 15, 1940: Western Front Hoth’s tanks defeat French 1st Armored Division west of Dinant; latter loses 125 of its 175 tanks. By nightfall, shattered French 9th […]

Diary for Tuesday, May 14, 1940: Air War DESTRUCTION OF ROTTERDAM. In attempt to crush stubborn Dutch resistance – and bring tentative ceasefire negotiations to a speedy conclusion – 100

Diary for Monday, May 14, 1945: Air War Pacific – DAYLIGHT FIRE RAID ON NAGOYA: In order to further undermine Japanese moral and indus­trial output, following severe psycho­logical blow of

Diary for Monday, May 13, 1940: Western Front BATTLE OF THE MEUSE: Panzer corps of Guderian, Hoth and Reinhardt, with strong air support, establish bridgeheads over river Meuse at Sedan,

Diary for Sunday, May 13, 1945: Okinawa Americans take Conical Hill at east end of Shuri Line. Occupied countries Germany: Scots Guards occupy Heligoland. Home Fronts Britain: Thanksgiving Service in

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