Category Archives: Kriegsmarine

WWII Axis Military History Day-by-Day: June

[January] [February] [March] [April] [May] [June] [July] [August] [September] [October] [November] [December] June 1st June 1st, 1940: In the West, the evacuation of the British ExpeditionaryForce from Dunkirk continues, with another 64,400 men taken off thebeaches. The British destroyers Keith, Basilisk and Havant and thetransport Scotia are sunk by Luftwaffe dive bombers. June 1st, 1941: […]

WWII Axis Military History Day-by-Day: March

[January] [February] [March] [April] [May] [June] [July] [August] [September] [October] [November] [December] March 1st March 1st, 1941: Bulgaria joins the Tripartite Pact of Germany, Italy and Japan,following Slovakia, Rumania and Hungary. March 1st, 1943: On the central front in the East, German troops begin theevacuation of the Rshev area. March 1st, 1945: In the West, […]

WWII Axis Military History Day-by-Day: May

[January] [February] [March] [April] [May] [June] [July] [August] [September] [October] [November] [December] May 1st May 1st, 1941: The Luftwaffe begins a series of 8 consecutive nightraids against Liverpool. May 1st, 1942: In the East, the siege of the Crimean fortress ofSevastopol by 11.Armee (von Manstein) continues with a ceaselessbombardment by batteries of heavy guns (up […]