Diary May 3, 1940

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

Norwegian brigade commander surrenders — A Norwegian brigade commander signed the surrender of his unit.

Diary for Friday, May 3, 1940:

Norway

Surrender of Norwegian forces in Trondheim area.

Western Front

Hitler postpones Gelb offensive from May 5 to May 6 (further postponements on May 4, 5, 7 and 8).
General Huntziger, commander French 2nd Army, orders demolition of anti-tank obstacles (built without his sanction !) on two main roads from Ardennes forest.

Secret War

Colonel Oster of the Abwehr tells Colonnel Sas, Dutch military attaché in Berlin, that Germany will attack Low Countries soon (probably May 8).

Air War

RAF bomb Ry (Denmark), Fornebu and Stavanger airfields.

About The Author

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.