Diary May 18, 1940

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

General Guderian commanding from his half-truck — General Guderian, the leading German ‘Panzer General’, commanding from his half-truck in France.

Diary for Saturday, May 18, 1940:

Western Front

Guderian‘s tanks reach Peronne, on river Somme. Hoth’s tanks reach Cambrai (scene of first British tank attack in 1917). Germans capture Antwerp.

Sea War

Heavy bomb penetrates battleship Resolution during Ju 88 raids over Narvik area.

Air War

Germans raid Dieppe (night May 18-19).

Home Fronts

France: Cabinet reshuffle. Prime Minister Reynaud takes over Defense Ministry, Daladier becomes Foreign Minister, Marshal Petain returns from Madrid to become Vice-Premier, Mandel to Ministry of the Interior.

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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.