May 10 Dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks

May 23 The first great dogfight involving the British Spitfire

May 18 German troops conquer Brussels

May 28 Holland and Belgium surrender to German forces, during WW2

May 24 Hitler affirms General von Rundstedts "Stopbevel"

May 15 The first successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300

May 13 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England

May 05 Norwegian Government in exile forms in London

May 16 Premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris

May 29 Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich Commissioner of Hague Netherlands

May 26 The "Miracle of Dunkirk" evacuation begins in France during World War II

May 13 British bomb factory at Breda

May 14 Nazi bombs Rotterdam (600-900 dead), Netherlands surrender to Germany

May 29 HMS WAKEFUL, sunk off Nieuport, Belgium by 1 torpedo from German E-boat S-30.

May 18 Nazis pierce French lines on 62-mile front.

May 12 Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Meuse River

May 10 Massive German invasion of Holland, Belgium and France begins.

May 10 Nazi armies invade the Benelux countries of Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg

May 08 The birth of Peter Benchley, British Author

May 06 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath)

May 15 Nylon stockings go on sale for first time (US)

May 24 Dutch army demobilizes

May 15 The first successful helicopter flight in US Vought-Sikorsky US-300

May 15 Nazis capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP)

May 22 Decision to form 8th Division of AIF

May 24 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina speaks on BBC radio

May 27 The evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk, France, begins

May 09 The RAF begins night bombing raids on targest in Germany

May 12 French mariners occupy St Maarten

May 10 British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms

May 07 Winston Churchill becomes PM of Britain

May 22 Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris

May 21 AVRO-chairman Willem Vogt fires all Jewish employees

May 26 Operation Dynamo begins evacuating defeated Allied troops from Dunkirk

May 26 HMS CURLEW (AA), sunk in Lavangs Fiord, Ofotfiord near Narvik, northern Norway by German Ju88 bombers.

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