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 […]
War Diary
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.
Diary May 10, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, May 10, 1916: Home Fronts Ireland: Royal Commission of Inquiry into Rebellion formed under Lord Hardinge (opens May 18). Lord Wimborne resigns as Lord Lieutenancy (Chief Secretary
Diary May 10, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, May 10, 1941: Politics HESS FLIES TO BRITAIN: Rudolf Hess, the Deputy Führer of Germany, makes unauthorized solo flight in Me 110 fighter from Augsburg (South Germany)
Diary May 9, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, May 9, 1916: African Fronts East Africa – Battle of Kondoa Irangi (until May 10): Lettow’s 4,000 men’s four night attacks repulsed by South Africans; others occupy
Diary May 9, 1941
Diary for Friday, May 9, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: German U-boat U-110, commanded by the ‘ace’ Lt.-Cdr. Lemp, depth-charged by British corvette Aubretia. Crew abandons ship and destroyer HMS Bulldog
Diary May 8, 1916
Diary for Monday, May 8, 1916: Western Front France: Anzacs join BEF line. Verdun: 650 Bavarians perish in Fort Douaumont magazine explosion. Southern Fronts Italian Front: Cadorna sacks General Brusati
Diary May 8, 1941
Diary for Thursday, May 8, 1941: Air War RAF night raids on Germany by 359 aircraft: main targets, Hamburg and Bremen. British radio counter-measures and decoy fires (code-named ‘Starfish’) foil
Diary May 7, 1916
Diary for Sunday, May 7, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Violent German attacks gain ground at Hill 304 (attacks fail following day) and Fort Douaumont. Eastern Front Austria: Military intelligence discovers
Diary May 7, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, May 7, 1941: North Africa Exchanges of artillery fire along Tobruk front. Air War Britain – First of two consecutive night raids on Hull: 40,000 homeless, food
Diary May 6, 1916
Diary for Saturday, May 6, 1916: Middle East Mesopotamia – Death march from Kut begins: 2,592 British soldier PoWs (Kurd cavalry regiment escort) start 1,200-mile forced march to Anatolia; reach
Diary May 6, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, May 6, 1941: Middle East British raise Iraqi siege of Habbaniyah.
Diary May 5, 1916
Diary for Friday, May 5, 1916: Western Front Verdun: German gain at Hill 304. French 135th Infantry Regiment sergeant writes ‘… how could anyone cross the zone of extermination around
Diary May 5, 1941
Diary for Monday, May 5, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean – ‘Tobruk Ferry‘: first of many night supply missions by British and Australian destroyers from Alexandria. East Africa Emperor Haile Selassie
Diary May 4, 1916
Diary for Thursday, May 4, 1916: Air War Eastern Front: IM heavy bomber Ilya Murmometz II (Pankratiev) flies first of 5 successful armed reconnaissance missions during May over Yazlovetch-Bugatch and
Diary May 4, 1941
Diary for Sunday, May 4, 1941: Home Fronts Germany: Hitler speaks to members of Reichstag in Kroll Opera House, Berlin: he claims that by withdrawing troops from North Africa to
Diary May 3, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, May 3, 1916: Western Front Verdun: French storm positions northwest of Mort Homme, but 500 German guns on a mile front shell Hill 304 (until May 5);
Diary May 3, 1941
Diary for Saturday, May 3, 1941: East Africa Battle of Amba Alagi (ends May 19): Italian forces make their last important stand in mountains of Northern Ethiopia, prisoners including the
