May 1943

Chronology of World War II

May 1943

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1 Air Operations, Europe Britain, Home Front Eastern Front Mediterranean North Africa
2 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Pacific Baltic Sea Eastern Front North Africa	3 Air Operations, Europe Eastern Front Iceland North Africa United States, Command United States, Policy	4 Air Operations, Europe Aleutians Battle of the Atlantic Burma China Eastern Front Germany, Strategy North Africa	5 Air Operations, Europe China Eastern Front North Africa	6 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Mediterranean New Guinea North Africa Southwest Pacific	7 Air Operations, Europe Baltic Sea Burma Canada, Home Front Mediterranean North Africa Solomons	8 Air Operations, Pacific Hungary North Africa Occupied Poland Pacific
9 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Mediterranean Allied Preparations Mediterranean North Africa Occupied Holland Secret War	10 Aleutians Eastern Front North Africa United States, Command	11 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Mediterranean Aleutians Atlantic Battle of the Atlantic Burma India North Africa	12 Air Operations, Europe Aleutians Allied Planning Battle of the Atlantic Burma Diplomatic Relations North Africa Occupied Poland Pacific Solomons	13 Air Operations, Europe Aleutians Allied Planning Britain, Home Front Japan, Planning New Guinea North Africa Pacific United States, Home Front	14 Air Operations, Europe Battle of the Atlantic Italy, Home Front Mediterranean Pacific	15 Air Operations, Europe Aleutians Atlantic China Eastern Front North Africa Occupied Yugoslavia Soviet Union, Politics
16 Air Operations, Europe Aleutians Battle of the Atlantic The Dambusters Raid Eastern Front North Africa Occupied Holland Poland, Resistance	17 Air Operations, Europe Aleutians Battle of the Atlantic Diplomatic Relations Mediterranean Secret War Spain Yugoslavia, Resistance	18 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Mediterranean Aleutians China World Affairs	19 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Mediterranean Aleutians Battle of the Atlantic Germany, Home Front United States, Home Front	20 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Mediterrnean Aleutians Battle of the Atlantic Burma China	21 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Mediterranean Aleutians Britain, Home Front Free French Forces Japan, Home Front Mediterranean United States, Home Front	22 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Mediterranean Aleutians Allied Preparations Battle of the Atlantic Germany, Home Front Soviet Union, Politics
23 Air Operations, Europe Aleutians Atlantic Battle of the Atlantic Canada, Home Front North Africa Pacific Yugoslavia	24 Air Operations, Europe Aleutians Battle of the Atlantic Eastern Front	25 Air Operations, Europe Aleutians Allied Planning Battle of the Atlantic North Africa United States, Home Front	26 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Mediterranean Aleutians Canada, Home Front Eastern Front Mediterranean Occupied Poland Occupied Yugoslavia United States, Home Front	27 Air Operations, Europe Aleutians Allied Planning Britain, Home Front Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front France, Resistance United States, Home Front United States, Planning Yugoslavia, Resistance	28 Air Operations, Europe Aleutians United States, Home Front	29 Air Operations, Europe Aleutians China Pacific
30 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Mediterranean Aleutians Atlantic France, Politics Vichy France	31 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Far East Air Operations, Pacific Aleutians Battle of the Atlantic Eastern Front Free French Germany, Home Front Germany, Planning Mediterranean