Diary June 27, 1941
Diary for Friday, June 27, 1941: Politics Hungary: Government declares war on Russia. Russia: British military mission arrives in Moscow. Sea War Atlantic: German blockade runner Regensburg reaches Bordeaux after […]
War Diary
Diary June 27, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, June 27, 1916: African Fronts East Africa: British Lake Force (2,000 soldiers, Crewe GOC since June 17) advances south from river Kagera and via Lake Victoria. Major-General
Diary June 26, 1916
Diary for Monday, June 26, 1916: Air War Western Front: Royal Flying Corps observers engage 161 targets. 5 FE2bs (1 lost) of No 25 Squadron including Capt A W Tedder
Diary June 26, 1941
Diary for Thursday, June 26, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German Panzers reach river Dvina and Daugavpils. Siege of Hango: Russian garrison holds out in naval base, west of Helsinki,
Diary June 25, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, June 25, 1941: Air War Eastern Front: Russians bomb Helsinki and five other Finnish towns. Western Europe: Blenheim bombers, under heavy fighter escort, bomb Hazebrouck marshalling yards,
Diary June 25, 1916
Diary for Sunday, June 25, 1916: Southern Fronts Trentino: Italians retake Asiago, Posina and Arslero regained (June 27), as Austrians begin silent and orderly general retreat from salient (night June
Diary June 24, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, June 24, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops take Kaunas and Vilna in Lithuania. Politics Hungary: Government breaks off diplomatic relations with Russia.
Diary June 24, 1916
Diary for Saturday, June 24, 1916: Western Front Somme – British barrage opens: 2,029 guns fire 1,732,873 shells, but c 1/3 dud, although 109 German guns destroyed or damaged. BEF
Diary June 23, 1941
Diary for Monday, June 23, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Germans cross river Bug, Eastern Poland. Politics Slovakia declares war on USSR. see also: Slovak Armed Forces
Diary June 23, 1916
Diary for Friday, June 23, 1916: Western Front Verdun – FINAL CRISIS: 30,000 Germans attack at 0600 hours, capture Hills 320 and 321, Thiaumont and Fleury (stormed by Bavarians, French
Diary June 22, 1941
Diary for Sunday, June 22, 1941: Politics GERMANY DECLARES WAR ON USSR. ITALY AND RUMANIA DECLARE WAR ON USSR. Churchill pledges British material and moral support for USSR. Eastern Front
Diary June 22, 1916
Diary for Thursday, June 22, 1916: Air War Germany: French bombers attack Karlsruhe (266 civilian casualties). Public outcry for protection across Germany. Western Front: Royal Flying Corps observers engage 198
Diary June 21, 1941
Diary for Saturday, June 21, 1941: North Africa After the failing of Operation Battleaxe, Auchinleck succeeds Wavell as British CinC Middle East. Wavell appointed CinC India. Middle East Free French
Diary June 21, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, June 21, 1916: Neutrals Spain: German U-boat U35 delivers Kaiser letter to King at Cartagena. Mexico: 400 Mexican regulars (38 killed) capture US 10th Cavalry troop (40
Diary June 20, 1941
Diary for Friday, June 20, 1941: Neutrals Finland: General mobilization. USA: Major-General H H ‘Hap’ Arnold appointed Chief of US Army Air Forces. Roosevelt describes torpedoing of SS Robin Moor
Diary June 20, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, June 20, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Tremendous German barrage begins. New French standard-gauge railway ready. Southern Fronts Trentino: Slight but very cautious Italian advances on Asiago Plateau
Diary June 19, 1941
Diary for Thursday, June 19, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean – Tobruk Ferry: Australian and British destroyers and sloops (11 vessels) carry out frequent night supply and troop transport missions from
Diary June 19, 1916
Diary for Monday, June 19, 1916: Air War Germany – FRENCH LEAFLET RAID ON BERLIN: Lieutenant Marchal, in special Nieuport monoplane operating from Nancy drops hundreds of leaflets proclaiming war
Diary June 18, 1916
Diary for Sunday, June 18, 1916: Air War West Front: Oblt Max Immelmann (15 victories) killed, aged 25, in Fokker E III, shot down by Lieutenant McCubbin and Captain Waller,
Diary June 18, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, June 18, 1941: Secret War British radar development, under Watson-Watt, is revealed in the Press as ‘Detection of Enemy Aircraft by Ether Waves’. Politics German-Turkish non-aggression pact.
