Diary May 20, 1916
Diary for Saturday, May 20, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Gallwitz’s 5 German divisions assault Mort Homme, seize the top summit of Hill 295. Eastern Front Russia: Italy appeals to STAVKA […]
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Diary May 20, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, May 20, 1941: Air War GERMAN AIRBORNE INVASION OF CRETE (Operation Merkur = ‘Mercury’): 490 Ju 52 transports take off from primitive strips near Athens, towing 100
Diary May 19, 1916
Diary for Friday, May 19, 1916: Southern Fronts Trentino: Italians abandon Mt Toraro-Mt Melignone line, destroying their forts, but after 5-mile advance Austrian XX Corps waits for artillery to come
Diary May 19, 1941
Diary for Monday, May 19, 1941: Neutrals USA: Mayor La Guardia appointed head of Office of Civilian Defense.
Diary May 18, 1916
Diary for Thursday, May 18, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Unsuccessful German attack on Avocourt Wood and Hill 304 (repeated following day); 300 French guns (including 4 x 14.5-in mortars) begin
Diary May 18, 1941
Diary for Sunday, May 18, 1941: Sea War Operation Rheinübung (‘Rhine Crossing’): Battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen leave Gdynia (Baltic) to attack Atlantic convoys. Occupied countries Yugoslavia –
Diary May 17, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, May 17, 1916: Southern Fronts Trentino: Austrians claim 6,300 PoWs. Tyrol Kaiserjager capture Mts Maggio and Sima di Campulozzo. Salonika: British War Committee rejects Macedonian offensive. Western
Diary May 17, 1941
Diary for Saturday, May 17, 1941: Politics Russia concludes agreement with Raschid Ali regime in Iraq.
Diary May 16, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, May 16, 1916: Southern Fronts Italian Front: Cadorna arrives at Thiene from Udine to conduct Trentino defence. Middle East Armenia: 15,000 Russians (new 127th Division) sail from
Diary May 16, 1941
Diary for Friday, May 16, 1941: North Africa Rommel receives orders from Berlin to concentrate Afrika Korps against British at Sollum, leaving Italians to guard Tobruk siege ring. Air War
Diary May 15, 1916
Diary for Monday, May 15, 1916: Southern Fronts AUSTRIAN TRENTINO OFFENSIVE begins on 21-mile front with 4 hours intensive barrage from 0600 hours. Elite XX Edelweiss Corps (Archduke Charles) has
Diary May 15, 1941
Diary for Thursday, May 15, 1941: North Africa First British Offensive against Afrika Korps (Operation Brevity): Halfaya Pass and Sollum recaptured. Air War British Government authorizes counter-measures against German aircraft
Diary May 14, 1916
Diary for Sunday, May 14, 1916: Southern Front Salonika: Joffre forwards 1916 Macedonian offensive plan to British, asks for 2 more divisions. Isonzo: Austrians recapture Adria shipyard with Hills 12
Diary May 14, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, May 14, 1941: Air War Luftwaffe switches attacks from British shipping off Crete to airfields on the island.
Diary May 13, 1916
Diary for Saturday, May 13, 1916: Sea War Adriatic: Royal Navy Otranto Barrage drifter sinks Austrian sub U6 and forces her to scuttle, the only definite Otranto Barrage U-boat kill
Diary May 13, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, May 13, 1941: Air War RAF receive confirmation that German aircraft are operating over Iraq. Home Fronts Germany: Martin Bormann appointed Nazi Party Chancellor as successor of
Diary May 12, 1916
Diary for Friday, May 12, 1916: Western Front Verdun: German attacks on French centre. Middle East Mesopotamia: Captured British general Townshend leaves Baghdad, reaches Mosul on May 19. African Fronts
Diary May 12, 1941
Diary for Monday, May 12, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean – Operation Tiger: 240 British tanks delivered to Alexandria. Home Fronts Britain: Charles, Earl of Suffolk and Berks., a volunteer bomb-disposal
Diary May 11, 1916
Diary for Thursday, May 11, 1916: Air War Western Front: Cmdt de Rose, creator and motivator of the French fighter units defending Verdun, killed when his Nieuport fighter stalls at
Diary May 11, 1941
Diary for Sunday, May 11, 1941: Balkans Germans complete occupation of Aegean Islands.
