Diary May 31, 1915
Diary for Monday, May 31, 1915: Politics USA: Government dissatisfied with German Lusitania reply. British Ambassador says Lusitania never carried guns (untrue). Germany: Baron Wangenheim cables Berlin on need to […]
War Diary
Diary May 31, 1945
Diary for Thursday, May 31, 1945: Okinawa 6th Marine Division runs into strong Japanese rearguard near Hill 46. Sea War Merchant shipping losses in May 1945: 3 Allied ships with
Diary May 30, 1915
Diary for Sunday, May 30, 1915: Eastern Front Galicia: Austro-Germans shell Przemysl forts; American cameraman John A Everets films it. Western Front Flanders: German attack at Hooge. Artois: French gains
Diary May 30, 1940
Diary for Thursday, May 30, 1940: Sea War 53,800 troops evacuated from Dunkirk. French destroyer Bourrasque sunk by artillery fire and mine damage; three British destroyers damaged by bombing. Three
Diary May 30, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, May 30, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Zhukov appointed Russian representative on Allied Control Commission. Iran: Foreign Minister demands withdrawal of all British, US and Russian forces. Home
Diary May 29, 1915
Diary for Saturday, May 29, 1915: Sea War Channel: First UC-type minelaying boat patrol from Zeebrugge UC11 (Schmidt) lays 12 mines off South Foreland, Downs, first of 420 mines in
Diary May 29, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, May 29, 1940: Air War Two elite units of Junkers Ju 88 bombers join assault on Dunkirk. Squadron of RAF Defiant two-seat fighters claim 37 ‘kills’ over
Diary May 29, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, May 29, 1945: Okinawa Marines capture Shuri Castle, former Japanese HQ, and Shuri town (both are in total ruins). Syria Fighting between French forces and Syrian Nationalists
Diary May 28, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, May 28, 1940: Norway NARVIK CAPTURED by French Foreign Legion and Norwegians. Sea War 17,800 troops evacuated from Dunkirk; destroyer Windsor damaged by bombs; small steamer sunk
Diary May 28, 1945
Diary for Monday, May 28, 1945: Okinawa US Marines advance to Naha Harbour and Kokuba Estuary. Occupied countries Germany: ‘Lord Haw-Haw‘ ‘William Joyce) captured by British troops. Sea War Atlantic:
Diary May 28, 1915
Diary for Friday, May 28, 1915: Politics Germany: Bethmann denounces Italy in Reichstag. German reply puts all Lusitania responsibility on Britain. Home Fronts Germany: First Reichstag annexation debate. Ceylon: Riots
Diary May 27, 1915
Diary for Thursday, May 27, 1915: Southern Fronts Italian Front: General Boroevic (from Third Army outside Przemysl, Eastern Front) takes over new Austrian Fifth Army, orders that ‘the troops should
Diary May 27, 1940
Diary for Monday, May 27, 1940: Western Front Guderian is permitted, by his superiors, to continue the advance from river Aa towards Dunkirk, employing motorized infantry (tanks to be held
Diary May 27, 1945
Diary for Sunday, May 27, 1945: Sea War Pacific: Japanese submarine pack makes unsuccessful attacks on US convoys on Leyte-Okinawa and Guam-Okinawa routes (May 27 – June 28).
Diary May 26, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, May 26, 1915: Western Front Flanders: ‘Two Years’ position warfare (i.e. completely stalemated, trench warfare) on Yser begun. Death of Captain Grenfell, British war poet (poem ‘Into
Diary May 26, 1940
Diary for Sunday, May 26, 1940: Sea War DUNKIRK EVACUATION (Operation Dynamo) begins. Zeebrugge harbor sabotaged by Royal Navy; 4 block ships sunk. Air War Spitfire Mk Is destroy 6
Diary May 26, 1945
Diary for Saturday, May 26, 1945: Okinawa US guns and bombers pound Japanese troops withdrawing from Shuri Line. Occupied countries Germany: SHAEF HQ transferred from Rheims to Frankfurt-am-Main.
Diary May 25, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, May 25, 1915: Sea War Dardanelles: U21 (Hersing) sinks British battleships Triumph (73 lost) off Gaba Tepe and Majestic (on May 27, 43 lost), capsizes in 7
Diary May 25, 1940
Diary for Saturday, May 25, 1940: Western Front BEF despatch two divisions to block the gap between Menin and Ypres. Germans capture 5,000 British and French troops at Boulogne. British
Diary May 25, 1945
Diary for Friday, May 25, 1945: Secret War Allied European Commands asked not to reveal Ultra Secret. Home Fronts USA: Over 60 casualties in Wast at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland.
