Diary May 9, 1915
Diary for Sunday, May 9, 1915: Western Front ALLIED SPRING OFFENSIVE begins: French estimate only 4 1/2 German Western Front reserve divisions (actually 7 1/2, but only 2 in north), […]
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Diary May 9, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, May 9, 1945: Home Fronts Russia – Victory celebrations in Moscow: 2 million people watch spectacular fireworks display. Britain: Many Defense Regulations revoked. Russian Front German Army
Diary May 8, 1915
Diary for Saturday, May 8, 1915: Air War Britain: British airship SS1 snares telegraph wires and crashes in flames. First coastal station for anti-submarine patrol airships opened at Capel (Folkestone).
Diary May 8, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, May 8, 1940: Home Fronts Britain: Norway Debate concluded. Severe criticism of Chamberlain by Lloyd George: ‘the Prime Minister….has appealed for sacrifice….he should sacrifice the Seals of
Diary May 8, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, May 8, 1945: Sea War Final German evacuation convoys from Courland (Latvia); 126 small craft. 1,420,000 people evacuated from Pomerania and East Prussia since January 25. Liberty
Diary May 7, 1915
Diary for Friday, May 7, 1915: Sea War Irish Sea: Unescorted unarmed British Cunard liner LUSITANIA (32,000t) SUNK in 20 minutes, torpedoed from 765 yards (0.7 km) without warning off
Diary May 7, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, May 7, 1940: Home Fronts Britain: NORWAY DEBATE begins in House of Commons. Chamberlain defends Conservative Governments strategy. He comes under fierce attack from Admiral Keyes and
Diary May 7, 1945
Diary for Monday, May 7, 1945: Politics UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF GERMANY. General JodI signs instrument of surrender at 2.41 am in schoolroom at Rheims. Western Front Allied forces occupy Emden
Diary May 6, 1915
Diary for Thursday, May 6, 1915: Eastern Front Galicia: Austrian Fourth Army occupies Tarnow, takes 30,000 PoWs until May 8. Carpathians: Kornilov and 48th Division cut off, surrender to Austrians.
Diary May 6, 1940
Diary for Monday, May 6, 1940: Norway Norwegian troops fight back in Roeros-Stoeren sector (eastern central Norway). Norwegian gold reserve (£33 millions) safe in London. Secret War The Pope tells
Diary May 6, 1945
Diary for Sunday, May 6, 1945: Burma British 14th Army links up with ‘Dracula’ forces, north of Rangoon. Western Front Czechoslovakia: Patton occupies Skoda Works. Occupied countries Czechoslovakia: 3 Waffen-SS
Diary May 5, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, May 5, 1915: Southern Fronts Austro-Italian frontier: Cadorna learns that Italy committed to war by May 26. Austrian COS Conrad changes his mind, now accepts that ‘war
Diary May 5, 1940
Diary for Sunday, May 5, 1940: Norway French Foreign Legionnaires and Polish troops land at Harstad (near Narvik) and Tromso (north of Narvik). Secret War Captain Hermann Goertz, of the
Diary May 5, 1945
Diary for Saturday, May 5, 1945: Occupied countries Czechoslovakia – The Prague Rising: Resistance attack on radio station sparks off general uprising, directed by Czech National Committee. Sea War Atlantic:
Diary May 4, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, May 4, 1915: Western Front German GHO moves to Pless, Silesia. Artois: French bombardment by 1,073 guns (690,000 shells) and 92 mortars begins. Flanders – Ypres: Battle
Diary May 4, 1940
Diary for Saturday, May 4, 1940: Norway British troops land at Mo, south of Narvik. Sea War Polish destroyer Grom bombed and sunk off Narvik. Secret War Papal Nuncio warns
Diary May 4, 1945
Diary for Friday, May 4, 1945: Western Front SURRENDER OF ALL GERMAN FORCES IN NORTHWEST GERMANY, HOLLAND AND DENMARK to Field Marshal Montgomery at ceremony on Lüneberg Heath (surrender effective
Diary May 3, 1915
Diary for Monday, May 3, 1915: Politics ITALY DENOUNCES TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Western Front Artois: French preliminary bombardment begins. Germans expect offensive for next day. Eastern Front Galicia: 12-mile gap in
Diary May 3, 1940
Diary for Friday, May 3, 1940: Norway Surrender of Norwegian forces in Trondheim area. Western Front Hitler postpones Gelb offensive from May 5 to May 6 (further postponements on May
Diary May 3, 1945
Diary for Thursday, May 3, 1945: Burma INDIAN TROOPS OCCUPY RANGOON without resistance. Western Front British capture Hamburg. 59 merchant ships and 600 small craft scuttled. Patton takes Braunau (Hitler‘s
