Diary WW2

Diary for Saturday, June 1, 1940: Sea War 64,400 troops evacuated from Dunkirk. Destroyers Keith (flagship), Basilisk and Havant, French destroyer Foudroyant and large transport Scotia bombed and sunk. Fife […]

Diary for Friday, June 1, 1945: Burma British 12th Army joins 14th Army. Okinawa Americans pursue retreating Japanese towards south Coast. Air War Pacific: 27 P-51 Mustang fighters collide during

Diary for Friday, May 31, 1940: Western Front French 1st Army surrenders in Lille sector after 4-day siege. BEF withdraws from Belgian sector of Dunkirk pocket (night May 31-June 1).

Diary for Thursday, May 31, 1945: Okinawa 6th Marine Division runs into strong Japanese rearguard near Hill 46. Sea War Merchant shipping losses in May 1945: 3 Allied ships with

Diary for Thursday, May 30, 1940: Sea War 53,800 troops evacuated from Dunkirk. French destroyer Bourrasque sunk by artillery fire and mine damage; three British destroyers damaged by bombing. Three

Diary for Wednesday, May 30, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Zhukov appointed Russian representative on Allied Control Commission. Iran: Foreign Minister demands withdrawal of all British, US and Russian forces. Home

Diary for Wednesday, May 29, 1940: Air War Two elite units of Junkers Ju 88 bombers join assault on Dunkirk. Squadron of RAF Defiant two-seat fighters claim 37 ‘kills’ over

Diary for Tuesday, May 29, 1945: Okinawa Marines capture Shuri Castle, former Japanese HQ, and Shuri town (both are in total ruins). Syria Fighting between French forces and Syrian Nationalists

Diary for Tuesday, May 28, 1940: Norway NARVIK CAPTURED by French Foreign Legion and Norwegians. Sea War 17,800 troops evacuated from Dunkirk; destroyer Windsor damaged by bombs; small steamer sunk

Diary for Monday, May 28, 1945: Okinawa US Marines advance to Naha Harbour and Kokuba Estuary. Occupied countries Germany: ‘Lord Haw-Haw‘ ‘William Joyce) captured by British troops. Sea War Atlantic:

Diary for Monday, May 27, 1940: Western Front Guderian is permitted, by his superiors, to continue the advance from river Aa towards Dunkirk, employing motorized infantry (tanks to be held

Diary for Sunday, May 27, 1945: Sea War Pacific: Japanese submarine pack makes unsuccessful attacks on US convoys on Leyte-Okinawa and Guam­-Okinawa routes (May 27 – June 28).

Diary for Sunday, May 26, 1940: Sea War DUNKIRK EVACUATION (Operation Dynamo) begins. Zeebrugge harbor sabotaged by Royal Navy; 4 block ships sunk. Air War Spitfire Mk Is destroy 6

Diary for Saturday, May 26, 1945: Okinawa US guns and bombers pound Japanese troops withdrawing from Shuri Line. Occupied countries Germany: SHAEF HQ trans­ferred from Rheims to Frankfurt-am-Main.

Diary for Saturday, May 25, 1940: Western Front BEF despatch two divisions to block the gap between Menin and Ypres. Germans capture 5,000 British and French troops at Boulogne. British

Diary for Friday, May 25, 1945: Secret War Allied European Commands asked not to reveal Ultra Secret. Home Fronts USA: Over 60 casualties in Wast at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland.

Diary for Thursday, May 24, 1940: Western Front German infantry storm old Citadel, Boulogne. Guderian seals off Calais pocket. HITLER AND RUNDSTEDT HALT PANZER CORPS at Gravelines, southwest of Dunkirk.

Diary for Thursday, May 24, 1945: Okinawa 9 Japanese bomber-transports approach the island (8 lost); survivor crash­-lands 12-man suicide squad on Yontan airfield, which destroys 8 planes, petrol and ammunition

Diary for Thursday, May 23, 1940: Western Front Germans cross river Scheldt at Oudenarde. BEF in Belgium put on half-rations following loss of supply depots. Sea War Six British destroyers

Diary for Wednesday, May 23, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Members of Dönitz Government, German High Command and General Staff, taken into custody and interned aboard liner Patria in Flensburg harbor.