Diary December 8, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 8, 1942: Sea War Pacific: US submarine Halibut sinks 4 ships in Japanese home waters during December. Black Sea: Russian submarine D-5 sinks Turkish …
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Diary December 8, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, December 8, 1917: Middle East Palestine: British advance on Jerusalem begins despite heavy rain, 60th Division takes two villages, 297 PoWs, 3 guns and …
Diary December 7, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, December 7, 1942: Pacific Solomons: US 155-mm howitzers pound Japanese positions from dawn to dusk (‘Hate Shoot’ to commemorate Pearl Harbor anniversary). Air War Pacific: …
Diary December 7, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, December 7, 1917: Western Front Britain: BEF GHQ Intelligence predict German 1918 offensive no later than March 1918. Battle of Cambrai ends: British 2-2 …
Diary December 6, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, December 6, 1942: Air War Western Europe: Low-level daylight raid by 78 RAF Mosquitoes, Bostons and Venturas (15 lost, 53 damaged) on Philips radio works …
Diary December 6, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, December 6, 1917: Southern Fronts Trentino: Austrian 21st Rifle Division storms Mt Sisemol (2,000 PoWs). Italians consolidate new line farther south across Valstagna and …
Diary December 5, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, December 5, 1942: Sea War Pacific: US Navy Department Report on Pearl Harbor Raid (December 7, 1941) and salvage operations: Arizona, the only battleship totally …
Diary December 5, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, December 5, 1917: Southern Fronts Trentino: Conrad drives towards Foza, but delayed by Bersaglieri and Alpini troops rearguard. Middle East Palestine: First British trains …
Diary December 4, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, December 4, 1942: Air War Mediterranean: B-24 Liberators of 9th USAAF bomb Naples; fast cruiser Muzio Attendolo sunk, 2 other Italian cruisers and 4 destroyers …
Diary December 4, 1917
World War One Diary for Tuesday, December 4, 1917: Southern Fronts Trentino: Scheuchenstuel’s Eleventh Army (35 battalions) eliminates Mts Meletta-Badenecche salient northeast of Asiago in 4 hours, taking 16,000 PoWs, …
Diary December 3, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, December 3, 1942: Africa Tunisia: Germans counter-attack in Tebourba sector.
Diary December 3, 1917
World War One Diary for Monday, December 3, 1917: Middle East Palestine: British 74th Division battalion (286 casualties) takes but loses Beit-Ur-el Foka. Mesopotamia – Third Action of Jebel Hamrin: …
Diary December 2, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 2, 1942: Home Fronts USA: FIRST CONTROLLED NUCLEAR CHAIN-REACTION initiated by Prof. Enrico Fermi in makeshift laboratory under University of Chicago football stadium. Italy: …
Diary December 2, 1917
World War One Diary for Sunday, December 2, 1917: Eastern Front CEASEFIRE begins on dates fixed by local army commanders. Russian Armistice Commission crosses German lines at Dvinsk and continues …
Diary December 1, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 1, 1942: Home Fronts Britain: ‘Beveridge Report’ (Social Insurance and Allied Services) published: lays the framework for post-war National Health Service and Social Security …
