Diary May 18, 1945
Diary for Friday, May 18, 1945: Okinawa Sugar Loaf Hill captured by US Marines. Home Fronts Britain: Avro Lancaster ‘Aries’ flies over North Magnetic Pole for first time in history […]
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Diary May 17, 1915
Diary for Monday, May 17, 1915: Western Front Ypern – Festubert: 450 Germans surrender during BEF shelling after which ‘Quadrilateral’ strong point captured, but rain and mist hamper exploitation. German
Diary May 17, 1940
Diary for Friday, May 17, 1940: Western Front Germans enter Brussels. Colonel de Gaulle‘s 4th Armored Division counter-attacks Guderian‘s XIX Panzer Corps at Montcornet, but is repulsed. General von Kleist
Diary May 17, 1945
Diary for Thursday, May 17, 1945: Okinawa Lieutenant-General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., commanding general of US 10th Army, takes personal command of operations. Marines reach crest of Sugar Loaf Hill,
Diary May 16, 1915
Diary for Sunday, May 16, 1915: Eastern Front Battle of the San (until May 23): Austro-Germans cross river by 15 bridges, take Sieniawa on May 18. Western Front Ypern –
Diary May 16, 1940
Diary for Thursday, May 16, 1940: Western Front By nightfall Guderian‘s leading tanks are 60 miles (ca. 97 km) west of Sedan. Anglo-French-Belgian armies commence withdrawal from Dyle Line to
Diary May 16, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, May 16, 1945: Occupied countries Channel Islands: British forces liberate Alderney. Okinawa US 6th Marine Division suffers heavy casualties.
Diary May 15, 1915
Diary for Saturday, May 15, 1915: Western Front Ypres – Battle of Festubert (until May 25) begins at 2330 hours: first British major night attack with 3 divisors takes 3
Diary May 15, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, May 15, 1940: Western Front Hoth’s tanks defeat French 1st Armored Division west of Dinant; latter loses 125 of its 175 tanks. By nightfall, shattered French 9th
Diary May 15, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, May 15, 1945: Sea War Japanese cruiser Haguro trapped and torpedoed by 5 British destroyers in Malacca Strait (night May 15-16). Occupied countries Yugoslavia: Surrender of last
Diary May 14, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, May 14, 1940: Air War DESTRUCTION OF ROTTERDAM. In attempt to crush stubborn Dutch resistance – and bring tentative ceasefire negotiations to a speedy conclusion – 100
Diary May 14, 1915
Diary for Friday, May 14, 1915: Eastern Front Galicia: German Guard Corps capture Jaroslav (93 miles (ca. 150 km) from Gorlice). English novelist Hugh Walpole becomes Russian officer in Otriad
Diary May 14, 1945
Diary for Monday, May 14, 1945: Air War Pacific – DAYLIGHT FIRE RAID ON NAGOYA: In order to further undermine Japanese moral and industrial output, following severe psychological blow of
Diary May 13, 1915
Diary for Thursday, May 13, 1915: Western Front Ypres: Battle of Frezenberg Ridge ends. Heavy German bombardment. BEF MG crews get first primitive flannel-bag gas masks. French complete capture of
Diary May 13, 1940
Diary for Monday, May 13, 1940: Western Front BATTLE OF THE MEUSE: Panzer corps of Guderian, Hoth and Reinhardt, with strong air support, establish bridgeheads over river Meuse at Sedan,
Diary May 13, 1945
Diary for Sunday, May 13, 1945: Okinawa Americans take Conical Hill at east end of Shuri Line. Occupied countries Germany: Scots Guards occupy Heligoland. Home Fronts Britain: Thanksgiving Service in
Diary May 12, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, May 12, 1915: Eastern Front Poland: Woyrsch occupies Kielce in general Austro-German advance. Western Front Artois: French 70th Division takes Carency with 1,000 PoWs. Ypres: British 1st
Diary May 12, 1940
Diary for Sunday, May 12, 1940: Western Front French light mechanized units withdraw and all the bridges over river Meuse are blown up, except those at Mezieres, where French fortress
Diary May 12, 1945
Diary for Saturday, May 12, 1945: Sea War Last Arctic convoys JW.67 (eastbound) and RA.67 (westbound); on May 16 convoy escort accepts surrender of 14 U-boats and escorts them to
Diary May 11, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, May 11, 1915: Middle East Mesopotamia: Nixon orders Tigris offensive (Viceroy of India outlines plan to London on May 23). Western Front Flanders: Germans bombard Ypres-Menin Road
