Diary June 1, 1916
Diary for Thursday, June 1, 1916: Sea War North Sea: German old battleship Pommern sunk in last battle of Jutland torpedo attack, another, battleship Ostfriesland, mined at 0720 hours and […]
War Diary
Diary June 1, 1941
Diary for Sunday, June 1, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: Ju 88 bombers sink AA cruiser Calcutta north of Alexandria. British naval losses in the Airborne invasion of Crete: sunk: 3
Diary May 31, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, May 31, 1916: Sea War North Sea – BATTLE OF JUTLAND (until June 1, German Battle of the Skaggerak): Scheer orders northward sweep to raid Allied shipping
Diary May 31, 1941
Diary for Saturday, May 31, 1941: Middle East Armistice signed between British and Iraqi Army. Neutrals Thailand: Death of ex-King Prajadhipok, son of Chulalongkorn, at Virginia Water, England, aged 47.
Diary May 30, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, May 30, 1916: Sea War North Sea: Royal Navy’s Room 40 gives early warning of German Fleet sortie and that 16 U-boats on sea. Main body of
Diary May 30, 1941
Diary for Friday, May 30, 1941: Middle East Fall of the Raschid Ali regime in Iraq: the usurper flees to Iran.
Diary May 29, 1916
Diary for Monday, May 29, 1916: Western Front Verdun: German attacks on Hill 304 (unsuccessful) and northwest of Cumieres (trenches carried). Eastern Front Kaiser and Falkenhayn visit Hindenburg and Ludendorff
Diary May 29, 1941
Diary for Thursday, May 29, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: British destroyers Imperial and Hereward lost to air attack while evacuating troops from Crete .
Diary May 28, 1916
Diary for Sunday, May 28, 1916: Western Front Verdun: German Alpenkorps (from Champagne) again in action. Flanders: Haig warns Second Army (Plumer) to hasten preparations for offensive as it might
Diary May 28, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, May 28, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean – Evacuation of British and Commonwealth forces from Crete begins: 17,000 evacuated up to night May 31 – June 1. Atlantic
Diary May 27, 1916
Diary for Saturday, May 27, 1916: Southern Fronts Salonika: Bulgar division and German troops occupy by Greeks evacuated Fort Rupel and 3 villages south of frontier thus blocking Struma valley.
Diary May 27, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, May 27, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: BISMARCK SUNK. Damaged German battleship Bismarck fights hopeless battle against British battleships King George V and Rodney and is finally torpedoed
Diary May 26, 1916
Diary for Friday, May 26, 1916: Southern Fronts Italian Front: Archduke Eugene shifts main thrust east onto Asiago Plateau so as to reach Brenta valley towards Bassano and Venetian plains.
Diary May 26, 1941
Diary for Monday, May 26, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: Swordfish torpedo-bombers score two hits on battleship Bismarck, disabling her steering-gear; the battleship’s AA gunners are confused by the slow-flying biplanes.
Diary May 25, 1916
Diary for Thursday, May 25, 1916: Southern Fronts Italian Front: Austrian III Corps occupies Corno di Campo Verde (6,815 ft) and captures Portule line east of Val d’Assa. Western Front
Diary May 25, 1941
Diary for Sunday, May 25, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: Lagos and Takoradi harbours mined by U-boat U-69 (nights May 25-26 and 26-27). Politics Admiral Raeder, C-in-C German Navy, warns that
Diary May 24, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, May 24, 1916: Western Front Verdun – Fighting on whole front: Germans regain Fort Douaumont and Caillette woods with 100 PoWs. Mangin temporarily disgraced. French recapture part
Diary May 24, 1941
Diary for Saturday, May 24, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: HMS Hood sunk by battleship Bismarck in Denmark Strait, East of Greenland – only three survivors out of 1,419. Prince of
Diary May 23, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, May 23, 1916: Western Front Artois, Vimy: BEF IV Corps counter-attack with 2 brigades ruined by German counter-barrage; British losses 2,500 to 1,344 German. Verdun: German counter-attack
Diary May 23, 1941
Diary for Friday, May 23, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: Destroyers Kashmir and Kelly (Lord Louis Mountbatten) sunk by Ju 87 Stukas off Crete. Me 109E fighter-bombers destroy 5 British MTBs
