Diary May 16, 1940

War Diary, 05-1940, Diary WW2, Year 1940 / 1 minute of reading

By French air strike destroyed German Panzer 38(t), in the background the grave of one of its crew members.

Diary for Thursday, May 16, 1940:

Western Front

By nightfall Guderian‘s leading tanks are 60 miles (ca. 97 km) west of Sedan. Anglo-French-Belgian armies commence withdrawal from Dyle Line to Scheldt Line, west of Brussels. Belgian Government moves to Ostend.

Air War

26 LeO-451 bombers (4 lost) with fighter escort bomb German tanks refueling at Montcornet. RAF’s Advanced Air Striking Force withdraws from bases south of the Meuse to Troyes area east of Paris.

Politics

Churchill flies to Paris to consult with Reynaud, Daladier and General Gamelin.

Neutrals

USA: Roosevelt sets US aircraft industry a production target of 50,000 warplanes a year.

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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.