Diary May 15, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, May 15, 1942: Neutrals Vichy France: 3 Vichy French warships – carrier Bearn and 2 cruisers – immobilized at Martinique at insistence of US Government. […]
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Diary May 15, 1917
World War One Diary for Tuesday, May 15, 1917: Western Front France: NIVELLE DISMISSED AND REPLACED BY PETAIN (who assumes command on May 17). FOCH APPOINTED COGS in Paris. Artois:
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
Diary May 14, 1917
World War One Diary for Monday, May 14, 1917: Eastern Front Russia: Petrograd Soviet proclamation appeals for end to fraternization. At STAVKA C-in-Cs discuss resigning en masse, decide to visit
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 13, 1917
World War One Diary for Sunday, May 13, 1917: Western Front Flanders: General Sir H Gough to command key northern wing of Ypres offensive. Somme: British gains on ‘Greenland Hill’.
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 12, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, May 12, 1917: Southern Fronts Tenth Battle of the Isonzo (until June 4): Two-day Italian barrage begins at dawn on 25-mile front with 1,058
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 11, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, May 11, 1917: Home Fronts USA: Only 125 aliens arrested since 6 April. France: 10,000 Paris clothing workers strike (until May 23) against living
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 10, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, May 10, 1917: Western Front USA: PERSHING APPOINTED C-IN-C AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AEF). France: Ribot cabinet decide to make Petain C-in-C but Nivelle refuses
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 9, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, May 9, 1917: Western Front Aisne – NIVELLE OFFENSIVE ENDS: German counter-attacks fail at Chemin des Dames, Craonne and Goroeny. Southern Fronts Serbia –
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 8, 1917
World War One Diary for Tuesday, May 8, 1917: Western Front Artois: 5th Bavarian Division (176+ guns supporting) recaptures Fresnoy at second attempt (until May 9). Aisne: French storm and
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 7, 1917
World War One Diary for Monday, May 7, 1917: Home Fronts Russia: First post-Revolution Bolshevik Party Conference (until May 12) with 80,000 members; Lenin elected to Central Committee. Air War
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 6, 1917
World War One Diary for Sunday, May 6, 1917: Western Front Aisne: French Reserve Army Group dissolved, Micheler takes over Fifth Army from Mazel. Artois: British repulse counter-attack near river
