Diary May 31, 1919
World War One Diary for Saturday, May 31, 1919: USA – Aviation: First Transatlantic air crossing completed at Plymouth by USN Curtiss NC4 flying-boat from Rockaway, New York (left May […]
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Diary May 30, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, May 30, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: 5th US Army breaks through ‘Adolf Hitler’ Line at Valmontone. Eastern Front Southern Sector: Germans make tactical gains north of
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Diary May 30, 1919
World War One Diary for Friday, May 30, 1919: France – Peace Process: – Yugoslavia rejects ‘Tardieu Compromise’ Fiume buffer state proposals (League of Nations mandate). Britain agrees to transfer
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Diary May 29, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, May 29, 1944: Sea War Atlantic: US escort carrier Block Island sunk by U-boat U-549. Air War Germany: 8th USAAF attacks 5 Focke-Wulf and 2
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Diary May 29, 1919
World War One Diary for Thursday, May 29, 1919: Hungary: Anti-Soviet rising in southwest suppressed (until June 2). General Szombathelyi joins anti-Soviet government (C-in-C Admiral Horthy) at Arad. France –
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Diary May 28, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, May 28, 1944: Air War Germany: 8th USAAF attacks Leuna and Koenigsborn Panzer (tank) depot (Magdeburg).
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Diary May 28, 1919
World War One Diary for Wednesday, May 28, 1919: Austria: Yugoslavs attack Austrians in Carinthia (armistice on June 6). Britain: Limited food and clothing gifts to Germany, Austria and Hungary
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Diary May 27, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, May 27, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: Germans repel US 5th Army attacks on ‘Adolf Hitler‘-Line at Valmontone and dig in. Sea War Pacific: Americans land on
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Diary May 27, 1919
World War One Diary for Tuesday, May 27, 1919: France – Peace Process: Draft treaty presented to Poland. German counter-proposals published in Berlin. North Russia: British 238th Relief Brigade lands
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Diary May 26, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, May 26, 1944: Far East China: MAJOR JAPANESE OFFENSIVE AGAINST US AIR BASES in the Southeast (Operation Ichigo): 620,000 troops, divided between 11th and 23rd
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Diary May 26, 1919
World War One Diary for Monday, May 26, 1919: Russia: Allied Supreme Council offers conditional recognition plus military and food support to Admiral Kolchak (terms accepted 7 June). Mediterranean: Allied
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Diary May 25, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, May 25, 1944: Occupied Territories Yugoslavia: Tito narrowly escapes capture when German airborne force, supported by Stukas, attacks his secret HQ in Bosnian mountains. France:
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Diary May 25, 1919
World War One Diary for Sunday, May 25, 1919: France: 1,259,098 US troops now repatriated, all home by end of August. Mesopotamia: Kurd rising captures British officers (rescued June 18).
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Diary May 24, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, May 24, 1944: Air War Mediterranean: RAF Spitfires shoot down 8 FW 190 fighter-bombers north of Rome. Mediterranean Italy: Canadian 5th Armored Division establishes bridgehead
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Diary May 24, 1919
World War One Diary for Saturday, May 24, 1919: Afghanistan: RAF Handley Page bombs Kabul (4 hits on royal palace). Afghan ground counter-attack on May 26. Britain: Food exports to
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Diary May 23, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, May 23, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: Allied 6th Corps breaks out of Anzio bridgehead (Operation Buffalo). British 8th Army attacks ‘Adolf Hitler‘ Line. Far East China:
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Diary May 23, 1919
World War One Diary for Friday, May 23, 1919: Baltic: Royal Navy cruiser Galatea, destroyers, 3 minesweepers, fleet oiler and submarines reinforce Admiral Cowan (until May 24. Trans-Caspia: Reds capture
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Diary May 22, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, May 22, 1944: Occupied Territories France: Resistance blows up hydroelectric station at Bussy.
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Diary May 22, 1919
World War One Diary for Thursday, May 22, 1919: France – Peace Process: German delegates leave for Spa to consult. Baltic States: Baltic Baron Manteuffel’s German-Latvian Landeswehr, with air support,
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Diary May 21, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, May 21, 1944: Air War Germany: RAF bombers attacking Duisburg and dropping 2,000t of bombs. Home Fronts USA: Explosion on landing craft in Pearl Harbor,
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