Diary May 31, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, May 31, 1918: Western Front Battlefield debut of French Renault FT-17 light tank: 30 (3 lost) in Retz Forest helps stem German advance as […]
Diary May 30, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, May 30, 1943: Sea War Pacific: End of organized Japanese resistance on Attu. 2,622 Japanese and 549 Americans killed. Air War Britain: FW 190 fighter-bombers
Diary May 30, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, May 30, 1918: Southern Fronts Macedonia – Combat of Skra di Legen: At 0455 hours Greek Crete and Archipelago divisions (2,659 casualties) storm fortified
Diary May 29, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, May 29, 1943: Far East China: Chinese troops recapture Yuyangkwan, east of Ichang. Air War Germany – Wuppertal Raid: 719 RAF bombers (33 lost) despatched;
Diary May 29, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, May 29, 1918: Western Front Marne: GERMANS CAPTURE SOISSONS, Fere-en-Tardenois, Vregny plateau and heights south of the Vesle, cross river Ourcq French forced off
Diary May 28, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, May 28, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: 100 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers attack oil refinery and shipping at Leghorn (Livorno). P-40 Warhawk fighter-bombers and B-26 Marauder
Diary May 28, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, May 28, 1918: Western Front Somme – Battle of Cantigny: First AEF offensive operation, by US 28th Infantry Regiment (3,874 men; 823 casualties), 1st
Diary May 27, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, May 27, 1943: Air War Germany: Mosquito bombers attack Carl Zeiss works at Jena, at roof-top height, despite balloon barrage and anti-aircraft guns. Occupied Territories
Diary May 27, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, May 27, 1918: Western Front Aisne – THIRD BATTLE OF THE AISNE (until June 6): German Bluecher and Yorck Offensives against Anglo-French on Chemin
Diary May 26, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, May 26, 1943: Occupied Territories Yugoslavia: Fifth Axis offensive against Tito’s Partisans. 120,000 Germans, Italians, Bulgarians and Chetniks (turncoat partisans) trap 16,000 Partisans in Montenegro,
Diary May 26, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, May 26, 1918: Sea War North Sea: US Mine Squadron 1 (Captain Reg Belkap’s 19 minelayers with 5,530 mines) arrives at Invergordon to help
Diary May 25, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, May 25, 1943: Home Fronts USA: Death of Edsel Ford, President of Ford Motor Company, aged 49.
Diary May 25, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, May 25, 1918: Southern Fronts Piave: Bersaglieri and Arditi surprise more Austrian Capo Sile positions and repel two counter-attacks (night May 25-26). Trentino: Alpini
Diary May 24, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, May 24, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: ADMIRAL DOENITZ SUSPENDS U-BOAT OPERATIONS AGAINST CONVOYS (56 U-boats lost April – May, 1943). ‘Flak-trap’ U-boat U-441 shoots down
Diary May 24, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, May 24, 1918: Western Front Britain: BEF Tank Corps Lieutenant-Colonel JFC Fuller writes ‘Plan 1919’ for Allied tank (4,992 requested) and allvehicle breakthrough on
Diary May 23, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, May 23, 1943: Air War Britain: Fighter-bomber raids on Bournemouth and Hastings; night raid on Sunderland. Total sorties: 99 (5 aircraft lost). Germany: 724 RAF
Diary May 23, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, May 23, 1918: Sea War Adriatic: Royal Navy submarine H4 sinks returning coastal submarine UB-52 40 miles south of Cattaro. Channel: British AMC Moldavia
Diary May 22, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, May 22, 1943: Air War Germany: Adolf Galland, fighter ‘ace’ and ‘General of Fighters’, test-flies Me 262 jet fighter. He reports to Luftwaffe QMG Milch
Diary May 22, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, May 22, 1918: Air War Western Front: Canadian ace Bishop returns, as Commander of No 85 Squadron (SE5s, with 3 American pilots), scores 27
Diary May 21, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, May 21, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean: In operations off French Riviera, British submarine Sickle sinks U-boat U-303 and ‘torpedoes’ Monte Carlo Casino – 2 torpedoes
