Diary WW2

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, April 23, 1942: Sea War Atlantic: First ‘milch cow’ U-boat U-459 refuels 14 other U-boats at secret rendezvous 805 km northeast of Bermuda (April 23-May […]

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, April 22, 1942: Sea War Chanel: Major Lord Lovat and commandos raid Boulogne. Naval forces cripple 2 armed trawlers.

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, April 21, 1942: Occupied Territories France: 20 French hostages executed at St Nazaire for alleged complicity with British during Operation Chariot (March 27, 1942).

WW2 War Diary for Monday, April 20, 1942: Sea War Atlantic: Major reorganization of Allied convoy system: first of 11 new ‘escort groups’ commences regular patrols between ‘WESTOMP’ (‘Western Ocean

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, April 19, 1942: Sea War Caribbean: U-boat U-130 shells Curacao oil refinery.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, April 18, 1942: Air War Pacific: DOOLITTLE RAID. 16 US Army AF B-25 Mitchell bombers, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel ‘Jimmy’ Doolittle, operating from carrier Hornet, make

WW2 War Diary for Friday, April 17, 1942: Southeast Asia Burma: Retreating British set fire to Yenangyaung oilfields. Occupied Territories France: General Henri Giraud, ex-CO French 9th Army, escapes from

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, April 16, 1942: Occupied Territories France: Field Marshal von Rundstedt put in charge of the ‘Atlantic Wall‘. Home Fronts Malta: GEORGE CROSS AWARDED TO MALTA

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, April 15, 1917: Occupied Territories France: French Resistance carries out grenade attack on German HQ building in Arras.

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, April 14, 1942: Sea War Atlantic: US destroyer Roper sinks U-boat U-85 off Cape Hatteras – first major success for US anti-submarine forces. Mediterranean: Lt.-Cdr.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, April 13, 1942: Air War Pacific: ‘The Royce Raid’. Special squadron of 3 B-17 Fortress and 10 B-25 Mitchell bombers (1 lost) led by Brigade-General

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, April 12, 1942: Air War Pacific: 12 Japanese raids on Corregidor and Manila Bay forts (Philippines). Germany: 178 RAF bombers attacking Essen and dropping 269t

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, April 11, 1942: Home Fronts India: British Government’s constitutional proposals withdrawn, following their outright rejection by Congress Party. Stafford Cripps broadcasts to Indian people. Bulgaria:

WW2 War Diary for Friday, April 10, 1942: Occupied Territories Norway: Bishop Berggrav sent to Bredvedt Concentration Camp, near Oslo (Quisling threatens him with execution). Pacific East Indies: Japanese land

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, April 9, 1942: Sea War Indian Ocean: Japanese Carrier Force raids Trincomalee naval base (Ceylon); dive-bombers sink British carrier Hermes, Australian destroyer Vampire, a corvette

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, April 8, 1942: Air War China: First experimental flight by US transport plane over ‘The Hump‘ – mountain barrier between India and China (regular service

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, April 7, 1942: Government-in-Exile Holland: Admiral Helfrich appointed C-in-C of all Dutch forces in Far East and Southwest Pacific. Politics Turkey: Exchange of wounded British

WW2 War Diary for Monday, April 6, 1942: Sea War Indian Ocean: Three squadrons of Japanese cruisers and destroyers ravage Allied shipping in Bay of Bengal – sinking 16 vessels.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, April 5, 1942: Sea War INDIAN OCEAN: JAPANESE CARRIER STRIKE ON COLOMBO, CEYLON. 91 bombers and dive-bombers cripple AMC Hector and destroyer Tenedos in harbour,

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, April 4, 1942: Air War Baltic – Operation Eisstoss (‘Ice Strike’): Ju 87 Stukas, Ju 88s and He 111s attack Russian Baltic Fleet in Leningrad.