BATTLESHIP SINKING ‘UNTRUE,’ LONDON RETORTS TO BERLIN; GERMANS FLY TOWARD NARVIK (5/6/40)

Microfiche-New York Times archives, McHenry Library, U.C. Santa Cruz | 5/6/40 | Goesta Persson, Raymond Daniell, George Axelsson

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Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
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Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Evolution of Plan Yellow, October 1939-January 1940
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 – The Imperial Powers, 1 September 1939

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Naval Loss Denied – 2
100 Reich Planes Seen Headed North – 3
Chamberlain Gains Strength for Test – 4-5
The International Situation – 5
Berlin Sees ‘End’ of Britain at Sea – 6
Norse Fort Surrendered After Three-Week Siege – 6
Pope Asks an End to Storm of War – 7
British Experts Are Dismantling Graf Spee; Many Shells Are in Unexploded Magazine – 7
The Day’s War Communiques - 8

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1940/may40/f06may40.htm

Norwegians counterattacking

Monday, May 6, 1940 www.onwar.com

In Norway... Norwegian forces launch attacks around Roeros-Stoeren.

In Britain... The Norwegian gold reserve £33,000,000 arrives in London.

In the Vatican... The Pope tells Princess Marie-Jose, the wife of the Italian Crown Prince, that Germany is about to attack the Low Countries. The Princess informs her brother, King Leopold of Belgium.

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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/month/thismonth/06.htm

May 6th, 1940

UNITED KINGDOM: The Norwegian gold reserve, worth £33 million, arrives safely.
HMS Glorious is anchored at Greenock taking on provisions, ordnance, stores and supplies. HMS Furious remains in dockyard hands.

Mark Horan adds: At 1651, HMS Ark Royal, now in position 69.00N, 11.50 W, flies off a Walrus carrying Staff Officer Operations to Harstad to confer of the impending operations. These are immediately followed by two sections of Skuas (six aircraft) to fly fighter patrols over Harstad. At 2145, three Swordfish were dispatched to attack a surfaced U-boat that had been reported by the returning Skuas, but it was not sighted.

Minesweeping trawler HMS Ash commissioned.
Corvette HMS Calendula commissioned.

Minesweeping trawler HMS Loch Naver sank after collision off Hartlepool. (Dave Shirlaw)

CANADA: Patrol vessels (ex-yachts) HMCS Ambler and Beaver commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)

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http://worldwar2daybyday.blogspot.com/

Day 249 May 6, 1940

At Narvik, the Allies tighten the noose around General Dietl’s Regiment. South Wales Borderers (part of British 24th Brigade) are in position 5 miles West of Narvik, while French Chasseurs Alpins and Colonial artillery troops continue to press their attack on Labergdal Pass to the North, across the fjord. Both are held by German perimeter forces. However, Germans bomb Allied ships near Narvik. British cruiser HMS Enterprise is slightly damaged by a near miss (1 Marine killed).

German 2nd Gebirgsjäger Division continues their slow march North from Trondheim to reinforce Dietl’s Regiment.

At 2.00 PM, British submarine HMS Sealion attacks German transports Moltkefels and Neidenfels in the Skagerrak. Sealion fires 6 torpedoes, claiming three hits. But all torpedoes miss the targets and the transports are not damaged.

At 3.25 PM 30 miles East of Denmark, British submarine HMS Snapper fires 2 torpedoes at German armed merchant cruiser Widder but both miss.

[GeronL]

Dismantling the Graf Spee sounds like a very dangerous job.

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Chamberlain gains stregnth??

Is that possible??

heh

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I got my monthly's in the mail today too.

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