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21st May 1942: Another victory for RAF Spitfires against Messerschmitt 109s

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20th May 1942: As the Monsoon breaks the longest retreat in British history ends as the marchers reach India

May 20

19th May 1942: The Nazis tighten their inexorable grip on the Jews of rural Poland

May 19

18th May 1942: Overwhelming Wehrmacht firepower breaks the Red Army on the Kerch Peninsula in the eastern Crimea

May 18

17th May 1942: A costly RAF Coastal Command attack on the German heavy cruiser fails to damage her

May 17

16th May 1942: The Prime Minister promises that better times will eventually come as he addresses a massed crowd in Leeds

May 16

15th May 1942: The unlucky cruiser runs the gauntlet of torpedos and bombs as she struggles to return to Britain for proper repairs

May 15

The Plots, Places and People that Almost Changed History

May 15

14th May 1942: The LRDG experiment with 'lobbing bombs' into moving enemy vehicles and try various methods overnight

May 14

13th May 1942: South African troops set out across the barbed wire and minefields to ambush the Italians

May 13

12th May 1942: The forcible relocation and internment of Japanese Americans continues with relative civility - but remains an occasion of great sadness

May 12

11th May 1942: As a new extermination centre opens more Jews are sent, in the most appalling conditions, from the ghettos across Poland

May 11

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