Diary June 7, 1945
Diary for Thursday, June 7, 1945: Home Fronts Britain: King and Queen visit Channel Islands. First performance of Britten’s opera ‘Peter Grimes‘ at Sadler’s Wells Theater, London. Norway King Haakon […]
War Diary
Diary June 6, 1915
Diary for Sunday, June 6, 1915: Air War Britain: Zeppelin L9 drops 52 bombs on Hull for 20 minutes around midnight (62 civilian and 2 military casualties), 3 German Army
Diary June 6, 1940
Diary for Thursday, June 6, 1940: France Despite strong French resistance, Rommel breaks through west of Amiens and advances 20 miles (ca. 32 km). Air War 21 LeO-451 bombers (11
Diary June 6, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, June 6, 1945: Politics Brazil declares war on Japan. Secret War Detention of 4 agents landed on Orissa coast (India) by Japanese submarine in March 1944: 2
Diary June 5, 1915
Diary for Saturday, June 5, 1915: Southern Fronts Isonzo: 4 Italian corps vainly attack Doberdo plateau, Gorizia and Monte Kuk until June 8 with poor artillery support. Western Front Artois:
Diary June 5, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, June 5, 1940: Western Front BATTLE OF FRANCE BEGINS – Operation Rot (Red): 119 German divisions (with 10 armored) against 65 French divisions (3 armored, 3 mechanized
Diary June 5, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, June 5, 1945: Politics ALLIED AGREEMENT ON PARTITION OF GERMANY AND CITY OF BERLIN signed by Eisenhower, Montgomery, Lattre de Tassigny and Zhukov. Okinawa Naha airfield captured
Diary June 4, 1915
Diary for Friday, June 4, 1915: Southern Fronts Italian front: Falling river Isonzo (after sudden floods) finally lets Italian Third Army (Duke of Aosta) cross in strength. Eastern Front Galicia:
Diary June 4, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, June 4, 1940: Western Front Germans capture Dunkirk, taking 40,000 French prisoners (rearguard plus many stragglers), and great quantities of abandoned British equipment, inc. 2,472 guns, 84,427
Diary June 4, 1945
Diary for Monday, June 4, 1945: Okinawa US Marines land behind Japanese lines in Oroku Peninsular. Occupied countries Germany: Paul Ferdonnet - the ‘Radio Traitor’ of Stuttgart – arrested by
Diary June 3, 1915
Diary for Thursday, June 3, 1915: Eastern Front Galicia: Austro-Germans retake Przemysl. High Commands including Kaiser meet at Pless; Mackensen to get 4 1/2 more divisions and to control two
Diary June 3, 1940
Diary for Monday, June 3, 1940: Sea War Last evacuation ships leave Dunkirk (night June 3-4). Dunkirk Evacuation: Total evacuated: 338,226 men inc. about 120,000 French and Belgians; 861 ships
Diary June 3, 1945
Diary for Sunday, June 3, 1945: Okinawa Japanese forces trapped in Oroku and Chinen Peninsulars. Occupied countries Europe: Captured maps of German minefields distributed by SHAEF to all Allied governments
Diary June 2, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, June 2, 1915: Southern Fronts Isonzo: Italians fail to break through at Krn until June 4. Austrian XV Corps counter-attack between Tolmin and Karfreit until June 4,
Diary June 2, 1940
Diary for Sunday, June 2, 1940: Sea War 26,200 troops evacuated from Dunkirk; destroyers Malcolm and Sabre damaged (night June 2-3). Air War Further German raids on Lyons and Rhone
Diary June 2, 1945
Diary for Saturday, June 2, 1945: Air War Pacific: TF 38 raids Kamikaze bases in South Japan: this, and other raids, compel Japanese to continue operations from bases farther north.
Diary June 1, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, June 1, 1915: Middle East Gallipoli: Kemal promoted Colonel, also given Iron Cross and St Alexander (Bulgar) decoration. Mesopotamia: 3 Royal Navy sloops lead Tigris pursuit, capture
Diary June 1, 1940
Diary for Saturday, June 1, 1940: Sea War 64,400 troops evacuated from Dunkirk. Destroyers Keith (flagship), Basilisk and Havant, French destroyer Foudroyant and large transport Scotia bombed and sunk. Fife
Diary June 1, 1945
Diary for Friday, June 1, 1945: Burma British 12th Army joins 14th Army. Okinawa Americans pursue retreating Japanese towards south Coast. Air War Pacific: 27 P-51 Mustang fighters collide during
Diary May 31, 1940
Diary for Friday, May 31, 1940: Western Front French 1st Army surrenders in Lille sector after 4-day siege. BEF withdraws from Belgian sector of Dunkirk pocket (night May 31-June 1).
