Diary May 14, 1940
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 […]
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Diary May 14, 1945
Diary for Monday, May 14, 1945: Air War Pacific – DAYLIGHT FIRE RAID ON NAGOYA: In order to further undermine Japanese moral and indusÂtrial output, following severe psychoÂlogical blow of
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Diary May 14, 1915
Diary for Friday, May 14, 1915: Eastern Front Galicia: German Guard Corps capture Jaroslav (93 miles (ca. 150 km) from Gorlice). English novelist Hugh Walpole becomes Russian officer in Otriad
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Diary May 13, 1940
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,
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Diary May 13, 1915
Diary for Thursday, May 13, 1915: Western Front Ypres: Battle of Frezenberg Ridge ends. Heavy German bombardment. BEF MG crews get first primitive flannel-bag gas masks. French complete capture of
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Diary May 13, 1945
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
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Diary May 12, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, May 12, 1915: Eastern Front Poland: Woyrsch occupies Kielce in general AustroÂ-German advance. Western Front Artois: French 70th Division takes Carency with 1,000 PoWs. Ypres: British 1st
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Diary May 12, 1940
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
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Diary May 12, 1945
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
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Diary May 11, 1940
Diary for Saturday, May 11, 1940: Western Front Guderian’s Panzer Corps disperses French horse cavalry and light mechanized forces in the Ardennes and two of his three Panzer divisions reach
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Diary May 11, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, May 11, 1915: Middle East Mesopotamia: Nixon orders Tigris offensive (Viceroy of India outlines plan to London on May 23). Western Front Flanders: Germans bombard Ypres-Menin Road
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Diary May 11, 1945
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
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Diary May 10, 1940
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)
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Diary May 10, 1945
Diary for Thursday, May 10, 1945: Russian Front Russian troops occupy Prague. Okinawa US Marines establish bridgehead over river Asa.
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Diary May 10, 1915
Diary for Monday, May 10, 1915: Neutrals USA: President Wilson Lusitania speech: ‘There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight’. Germany assures US that neutral
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