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On This Day - May 1915-19

Spotlights over Paris The source and introduction for the daily chronology of the war contained within this section can be read here.

The table below provides links to daily summaries for each day of the war for the month of May during the years 1915-19.

Entries for other months of the war are listed in the sidebar to the right.

Date 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
2 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
3 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
4 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
5 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
6 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
7 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
8 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
9 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
10 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
11 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
12 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
13 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
14 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
15 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
16 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
17 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
18 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
19 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
20 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
21 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
22 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
23 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
24 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
25 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
26 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
27 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
28 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
29 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
30 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
31 May... 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

The sidebar to the right lists other months currently available.

Photographs accompanying each page, courtesy of the Photos of the Great War website, feature a broad range of subjects and theatres, and do not relate to any given day's entries.

"Drum Fire" was an artillery barrage fired not in salvo but by each gun in succession.

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