World War II Today: May 19 – Events that occurred on this day during WWII that influenced that course of the Second World War:

World War II Today: May 18 – Events that occurred on this day during WWII that influenced that course of the Second World War:

Today in WWII History: May 17 – Events that occurred on this day during WWII that influenced that course of the Second World War:

World War II Today: May 16 Events that occurred on this day during WWII that influenced that course of the Second World War:

1940 Official announcement that British weekly butter ration will be reduced from 8oz to 4oz per head. The German XX.Panzerkorps (Hoth) repels a counter-attack by French armored forces, destroying 125 out of 175 tanks. An attack by 6th Army (von Reichenau) against the Dyle line in Belgium is repulsed. After the fall of Rotterdam the

1940 The British Secretary of State for War, Anthony Eden calls for volunteers to form the Local defense Volunteers force (LDV). Admiralty order requires all owners of large boats to send in particulars within two weeks. German forces break through the French front at Sedan. British and French aircraft are unsuccessful in destroying the German-built

1940 The Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth gives support to Churchill’s government by 2,413,000 votes to 170,000. Churchill makes ‘blood, sweat, tears and toil’ speech. Queen Wilhelmina and the Dutch royal family arrive in London. Supported by waves of Luftwaffe Stuka dive-bombers, the two German Panzer Korps of Heeresgruppe B establish bridgeheads across the Meuse