Diary October 23, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 23, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: Destroyer HMS Cossack torpedoed by U-boat U-563 (she founders, under tow, October 26). Occupied Territories Russia: In reprisals for …
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Diary October 23, 1916
World War One Diary for Monday, October 23, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Germans evacuate battered Fort Douaumont as untenable (night October 23-24). Battle of the Somme: British capture 1,000 yards …
Diary October 22, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 22, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: British naval tanker Darkdale sunk by U-boat U-68 of St Helena. Politics Rumania: Government denounces ‘Vienna Award‘ of August …
Diary October 22, 1916
World War One Diary for Sunday, October 22, 1916: African Fronts East Africa: Portuguese now 8 miles north of river Rovuma. Major Kraut storms NRFF Hill at Mkapira and invests …
Diary October 21, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 21, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Zhukov takes command of Moscow garrison. Air War Germany: 92 RAF bombers attacking Bremen and dropping 140t of …
Diary October 21, 1916
World War One Diary for Saturday, October 21, 1916: Air War Western Front: RFC helps engage 184 targets and bombs extensively. Germans bomb Querrieu, Gorbie and Amiens (night October 20-21). …
Diary October 20, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 20, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: Italian torpedo boats Aldebaran and Altair sink off Athens in minefield laid by submarine Rorqual (night October 20-21). Vyazma-Bryansk …
Diary October 20, 1916
World War One Diary for Friday, October 20, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Nivelle commits 603 guns (including two 15.7-in rail guns against forts) and 15,000t of shells to shelling 3 …
Diary October 19, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 19, 1941: Home Fronts Russia: ‘State of siege’ declared in Moscow. Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Germans capture Thgonrog (Donets Basin). Neutrals Afghanistan: All Axis …
Diary October 19, 1916
World War One Diary for Thursday, October 19, 1916: African Fronts East Africa: Last German post north of Central Railway cleared. Deventer contacts Northey. German attacks in Iringa and river …
Diary October 18, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 18, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Snow, slush and deep mud hamper German drive towards Moscow. Neutrals Japan: GENERAL TOJO FORMS CABINET. Togo, Foreign …
Diary October 18, 1916
World War One Diary for Wednesday, October 18, 1916: Politics Germany: Austrian Baron Burian suggests peace initiative to Bethmann at Pless, Kaiser approves it on October 25. Both ministers also …
Diary October 17, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 17, 1941: Home Fronts India: Arrangements completed to transport Moslem pilgrims to Mecca, despite war-time transportation problems.
Diary October 17, 1916
World War One Diary for Tuesday, October 17, 1916: Sea War Adriatic: Italian SS Bermuda rams and sinks Austrian U16, after latter sinks Italian destroyer Nembo off Albania. Eastern Front …
Diary October 16, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 16, 1941: Home Fronts Russia: ‘MOSCOW PANIC’. Russian Government and the Diplomatic Corps leave for Kuibyshev on the Volga (Stalin remains in the capital). …