Blitzkrieg Turns Vast German Push Across Belgium and France
German forces drive from Rotterdam area into Belgium and Holland on day one, seize key cities and threaten Paris. Churchill becomes UK prime minister as Allies retreat to the Low Countries and Meuse battles unfold along a widening front.
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Roermond
Maastricht
Belgium
Malmedy
Luxembourg
Brussels
Antwerp
England
Churchill
Chamberlain
Wilhhelmina
London
Liege
Sedan
Montmedy
Longwy
Zeeland
Amsterdam
Meuse
Namur
Louvain
France
Rethel
Maubeuge
Military Axiom Echoed in Field War Talk at Beaurregard
Report from Beaurregard Louisiana describes a field exercise with 900 troops debating World War II lessons. Officers cite the axiom to know the enemy, contrast British and French views of Hitler, and warn that Germany’s blitzkrieg strategies could dominate future combat. The discussion emphasizes underestimating the foe and the peril of fighting a total war with no rules.
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Beauregard
Gland
France
Activi
Hitler
Lee
Grant
West Point
Germany
England
Roosevelt Pushes Quick Delivery Of Warplanes To Allies
President Roosevelt intends to accelerate production of more than 4,000 American warplanes for Britain and France and discusses possible turnover of army planes to allies. A conference of industrial leaders and officials will seek methods to hasten output while Congress approves a rapid defense fund and explores relaxing shipbuilding limits to speed naval construction.
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France
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
Special Defense Fund
Full
Appropriations Committee
House
Hill
Ala
White House
Naval Affairs Committee
Nature Of Mussolini Reply To Roosevelt Silent
Premier Mussolini reportedly replied to President Roosevelt regarding Europe war prevention in courteous but noncommittal terms. The message was conveyed via US Ambassador William Phillips on May 15 and kept secret by Italian and American officials. Some observers consider the reply non alarming while noting Italian press signs of cautious optimism amid Germany’s advances in France.
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Richard G. Maslock
Rome
Mussolini
Roosevelt
Mgr
United States
William Phillips
Il Dnce
Washington
Europe
Italy
Germany
France
GOP Leader Urges Nominating Roosevelt For President
Melvin G. Winstock of the NRCC speakers bureau urged the GOP to nominate President Roosevelt to succeed himself. He asked Republican and Democratic leaders to authorize negotiations on the current national emergency and proposed a Republican vice president chosen by the RNC to form a coalition cabinet including major political, industrial and financial group representatives.
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Seattle
Melvin G. Winstock
National Republican Committee
Roosevelt
John D. M. Hamilton
James A. Farley
Winstock
Norwegian Forces Push Germans Near Narvik
Norwegian authorities report the German resistance in Narvik area waning. Norwegian units occupy a hill near the Swedish border on the Narvik railway and push south of Rombaksfjord. Few German troops remain in Narvik as air attacks lessen and two enemy planes are downed.
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Stockholm
Narvik
Rombaksfjord
Need For Tough Pilots Necessary
June Rose of Greenville North Carolina commander of the American Legion advocates national defense steps. He calls for training 100000 tough pilots partial militarization of the Occ ROTC in high schools WPA military roads expansion of aviation ground schools in universities for summer. He plans to push proposals at the state convention June 23 25 and to the national convention in Boston September 22. He warns that fifth column influences are at work and that foreigners may be planted locally to create unfriendliness toward Americans.
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Raleigh
America
June Rose
Greenville
North Carolina
American Legion
Rose
Occ
WPA
Legion
High Point
Boston Mass
French Resistance Grows As Germans Push West Toward Paris
German columns swing west across France toward the Oise valley to threaten Paris while French forces under Premier Reynaud and Petain mount renewed defense. The high command reports heavy German attacks with substantial losses and notes advances toward Guise Landrecies Avesnes and Laon amid rookie paratrooper activity behind lines.
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Henry
Cassidy
Paris
France
Oise
Paul Reynaud
Henri Philippe Petain
Verdun
Belgium
A. Taylor Henry
Associated Press
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Vervins
Landrecies
Avesnes
English Channel
Laon
Saint Quentin
Iuise
Forest of
Compiegne
U S Says Stay At Home and Strengthen Defenses
Congressman James E van Zandt urged Americans to avoid European quarrels and focus on peacetime security. He spoke to the Department of North Carolina Veterans of Foreign Wars at the tenth annual encampment in Winston-Salem on May 18.
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Winston-Salem
Germany
America
Europe
James E. van Zandt
Pennsylvania
Department of North Carolina
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Markets Asked To Peg Prices
Secretary Wallace asked national grain futures markets to peg prices not below today’s closing quotes after wheat futures fell ten cents a bushel for the third time this week amid European war uncertainty.
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Washington
Wallace
Nazi Air Superiority Decisive Factor in War in France
Paris May 18 German air superiority backed by mass flame thrower aided armored shock groups has shaped the pocket from Mons to Sedan during five days of northern front fighting. The German air force replaced artillery with attack aviation to begin opening the pocket on a restricted front and then swiftly shifted pressure to neighboring sectors.
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Antwerp
Hugh Wagnon
London
Britain
Paris
H. Taylor Henry
France
Associated Press
West Point
Texas, Oklahoma
Palestine
Austin
Tex
Blackwell
Oklo
H. Taylor Henry Paris
Mons
Sedan
Belgium
California Earthquake Strikes Imperial Valley
The Imperial Valley earthquake collapses buildings in El Centro Brawley and Imperial. One man died when the El Centro Hotel walls fell. Reports say the city was severely jolted with multiple injuries and extensive damage to main street structures.
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Calif
Imperial Valley
Brawley
Imperial
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