Diary May 14, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, May 14, 1942: Sea War Mediterranean: Britsih sub Turbulent makes repeated attacks on heavily escorted Italian convoys making for Benghazi (May 14-29); sinking 3 merchant …
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Diary May 13, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, May 13, 1942: Sea War Atlantic: British MTBs sink torpedo boats Iltis and Seeadler (200 killed) escorting disguised raider Stier from Rotterdam to Bordeaux; MTB …
Diary May 12, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, May 12, 1942: Eastern Front Ukraine: Russian ‘South-West Front’ (Army Group, approx. equal to a German or Anglo-American Army) launches counter-offensive from Barvenkovo Salient, south …
Diary May 11, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, May 11, 1942: Sea War Mediterranean: British destroyers Lively, Kipling and Jackal bombed by Ju 88 bombers west of Alexandria. Sister ship Jervis rescues 630 …
Diary May 10, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, May 10, 1942: Home Fronts Britain: Churchill warns Germany in broadcast that Britain will retaliate if poison gas is used on Russian Front (unknown to …
Diary May 9, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, May 9, 1942: Eastern Front BATTLE OF KHARKOV: The front line sways back and forth in East Ukraine throughout May and June, before Germans finally …
Diary May 8, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, May 8, 1942: Home Fronts Britain: Sinclair, Secretary for Air, declares at Birmingham that the RAF does not wish to destroy historic German cities but …
Diary May 7, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, May 7, 1942: Home Fronts Germany: State Armaments Council (Ruestungsrat) formed under Speer with Milch (Luftwaffe), 3 generals, 1 admiral and 8 representatives of the …
Diary May 6, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, May 6, 1942: Pacific Philippines – FALL OF CORREGIDOR and US forts in Manila Bay: Japanese take 12,495 prisoners, including Generals Wainwright and King. Philippines …
Diary May 5, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, May 5, 1942: Pacific Philippines: Japanese storm troops cross narrow strait from Bataan Peninsula to Corregidor and establish beachhead in the face of desperate US-Filipino …
Diary May 4, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, May 4, 1942: Sea War Pacific – BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA (May 4-8): First carrier-versus-carrier naval battle (opposing surface ships never exchange fire). US …
Diary May 3, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, May 3, 1942: Air War Britain – ‘Baedeker’ Raid on Exeter: 90 aircraft (7 lost) start conflagration in city centre. Cathedral and 9 churches wrecked; …
Diary May 2, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, May 2, 1942: Southeast Asia Burma: FALL OF MANDALAY to the Japanese. Pacific Philippines: Japanese 240-mm AP shell blows up powder magazine on Corregidor, hurling …
Diary May 1, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, May 1, 1942: Eastern Front Siege of Leningrad: 448,694 civilians evacuated by boat across Lake Ladoga, May-November 1942. Siege of Sebastopol: May Day celebrations and …
Diary May 31, 1942
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 …