Diary May 22, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, May 22, 1945: Okinawa Persistent heavy rain until early June seriously reduces mobility of US armor and gives Japanese respite, during which they evacuate wounded and equipment […]
War Diary
Diary May 21, 1915
Diary for Friday, May 21, 1915: Southern Fronts Austro-Italian border: German Alpenkorps formed for Tyrol. Conrad to Emperor’s Aide-decamp ‘… an Italian offensive will have for its chief objective the
Diary May 21, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, May 21, 1940: Western Front British and French armor counter-attack Rommel’s 7th Panzer division at Arras. After initial success attacks fail and end May 23. Germans besiege
Diary May 21, 1945
Diary for Monday, May 21, 1945: Home Fronts Japan: 2 million students mobilized in ‘Student Defense Corps’. USA: Humphrey Bogart marries Lauren Bacall. Okinawa Americans capture Sugar Hill – exposing
Diary May 20, 1915
Diary for Thursday, May 20, 1915: Air War Western Front: First 2 German MG-armed Fokker EI’s with interrupter gear arrive. First FE2b flown to France; RFC No 6 Squadron has
Diary May 20, 1940
Diary for Monday, May 20, 1940: Western Front Guderian’s 1st and 2nd Panzer divisions race to the Channel Coast, despite gallant but ineffectual resistance by troops from British 12th and
Diary May 20, 1945
Diary for Sunday, May 20, 1945: Okinawa Chocolate Drop Hill secured by US infantry after savage fighting around maze of interconnected tunnels. Japanese counter-attack on ‘The Horseshoe’ (200 killed).
Diary May 19, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, May 19, 1915: Middle East Gallipoli: 17,356 Anzac troops repel 40,000 Turks. Armenia: Nikolayev enters Van, relieving Armenians who received Tsar’s thanks. Western Front Flanders: Virtual stalemate
Diary May 19, 1940
Diary for Sunday, May 19, 1940: Western Front GAMELIN DISMISSED. WEYGAND MADE ALLIED C-IN-C. De Gaulle’s tanks make second counter-attack on Guderian‘s Corps, in Laon-Montcornet sector; some French tanks threaten
Diary May 19, 1945
Diary for Saturday, May 19, 1945: Sea War Pacific: British submarine Terrapin depth-charged.
Diary May 18, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, May 18, 1915: Middle East Gallipoli: Hamilton gets pessimistic Kitchener telegram, interprets as instruction not to encourage evacuation. Eastern Front Galicia: Austrians re-occupy Galician oilfields northeast of
Diary May 18, 1940
Diary for Saturday, May 18, 1940: Western Front Guderian‘s tanks reach Peronne, on river Somme. Hoth’s tanks reach Cambrai (scene of first British tank attack in 1917). Germans capture Antwerp.
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
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
