05-1944

WW2 War Diary for Friday, May 12, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: Germans launch fierce counter-attacks along Gustav Line. Air War Germany: 800 US 8th Air Force bombers (46 lost), with heavy […]

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, May 11, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: 5th US AND BRITISH 8th ARMIES ATTACK GUSTAV LINE (Operation Diadem) on 48-km front, supported by MAAF (2,750 sorties) and

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, May 10, 1944: Far East China: Chinese cross river Salween, near Burmese border, on broad front. Occupied Territories France: FFI (Free French Forces of Interior)

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, May 9, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: SEBASTOPOL CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS after 3 days’ heavy fighting. Air War Western Europe: Allied Air Forces begin large

WW2 War Diary for Monday, May 8, 1944: Western Front Britain: Eisenhower selects June 5 as ‘D-Day’ for Normandy invasion. Sea War Black Sea: Second phase evacuation of Axis forces

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, May 7, 1944: Air War Europe: US 8th Air Force despatches 1,500 planes to Berlin. US 9th Air Force B-26 Marauders and P-38 Lightnings attack

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, May 6, 1944: Home Front Japan: First flight of Mitsubishi A7M Reppu (designed to replace the Mitsubishi A6M5 Reisen and Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero). Technical problems,

WW2 War Diary for Friday, May 5, 1944: Southeast Asia Burma: Slim’s 14th Army counter-attacks near Imphal. Air War Mediterranean: Torre Dam in Italy dive-bombed and smashed by RAF P-51

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, May 4, 1944: Air War Eastern Europe: RAF night raid on Budapest rail installations.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, May 3, 1944: Air War Western Europe: 49 RAF bombers lost during night raids on tank-truck park at Mailly, near Rheims; Montdidier aircraft stores; ammunition

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, May 2, 1944: Occupied Territories France: Management of Aubert and Duval steel works at Ancizes co-operates with Resistance in complete shut-down. Politics Spain: Anglo-US-Spanish agreement

WW2 War Diary for Monday, May 1, 1944: Eastern Front Central Sector: Zhukov and Vasilevsky begin detailed planning for decisive summer offensive against the ‘Byelorussian Salient’, lying between Smolensk and