Diary May 31, 1942

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

Bombed-out people Cologne — Bombed-out people after the Thousand-Bomber Raid on Cologne, which protect themselves with cloths against the smoke.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, May 31, 1942:

Air War

Germany: Mosquito high-speed bombers fly their first bombing sorties against German city (Cologne).

Southeast Asia

Burma: 400,000 refugees have crossed Burma-India frontier since December 1941.

Home Fronts

Britain – Air raid casualties April-May, 1942: 1,337 killed, 1,423 injured.

Sea War

Pacific: Japanese midget submarines penetrate Sydney Harbour; old SS Kuttabul sunk (21 killed).
Merchant shipping losses in May 1942: 136 Allied ships with 644,827 tons in Atlantic, 15 Allied ships with 60,223 tons elsewhere.
8 Axis ships with 23,819 tons in Mediterranean, 24 Japanese ships with 105,128 tons in Pacific.
1 U-boat sunk in the Atlantic, Arctic or Baltic (worldwide total of 3 losses), 19 new U-boats operational, total 298 U-boats of all types in service.

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.