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 […]
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 […]
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
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
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
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:
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).
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
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
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:
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
WW2 War Diary for Monday, May 22, 1944: Occupied Territories France: Resistance blows up hydroelectric station at Bussy.
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,
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,
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, May 20, 1944: Secret War Occupied Poland: Experimental V-2 falls in river Bug. Polish Underground drive cattle into river to hide intact rocket from German
World War One Diary for Tuesday, May 20, 1919: Germany: British Rhine Army ready to march farther into Germany to enforce peace terms. South Russia: Wrangel smashes Red Tenth Army
WW2 War Diary for Friday, May 19, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: British armour and infantry overrun Aquino airfield, in Liri Valley; German anti-tank guns repulse attempted seizure of Aquino town. Americans
World War One Diary for Monday, May 19, 1919: France – Peace Process: Poles refuse to accept Allied decisions on Ukraine. USA: Army Chief of Staff and Secretary of State
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, May 18, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: Poles occupy ‘Monastery Hill’ at Cassino. Politics UK and USSR agree that Rumania will be in Soviet sphere of influence;
World War One Diary for Sunday, May 18, 1919: Baltic States: General Alexander P Rodzianko’s White Northern Corps (6,000 men) begins drive towards Petrograd from Estonia, Narva and Gdov taken