Diary May 15, 1942

05-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

aircraft carrier Bearn — ‘Bearn’ was France’s only aircraft carrier in WW2 and already finished in 1927 from a 1914 design originally begun as a battleship.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, May 15, 1942:

Neutrals

Vichy France: 3 Vichy French warships – carrier Bearn and 2 cruisers – immobilized at Martinique at insistence of US Government.

Southeast Asia

Burma: Retreating British forces cross Indian border.

Air War

Eastern Front: Rocket-powered fighter (Berezniak-Isnaev BI-1) flight-tested.
Stukas attack shipping at Murmansk (repeated June 1 and 24).

China

Japanese forces in East China launch punitive campaign in Chekiang province: 100 families massacred on suspicion of harbouring ‘Doolittle’s Raiders’; several thousand houses destroyed.

Home Fronts

USA: Petrol rationing introduced in 17 Eastern States and Washington DC.

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Kretaner

My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.