Diary August 17, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, August 17, 1942: Air War Western Europe: FIRST ‘ALL-AMERICAN’ BOMBING RAID OVER EUROPE IN WW2. 12 B-17 Fortress bombers of 8th AAF, led by Brigade-General …
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Diary August 17, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, August 17, 1917: Air War Germany: Kaiser decides Navy will be limited to 25 Zeppelins and only build replacements every 2 months instead of …
Diary August 16, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, August 16, 1942: Sea War Arctic – Operation Wunderland (August 16-30): Heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer penetrates into Kara Sea to attack Russian shipping. Secret War …
Diary August 16, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, August 16, 1917: Home Fronts Germany: OHL remove General Groener from War Office (to 33rd Division at Verdun), General Scheuch succeeds, but put under …
Diary August 15, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 15, 1942: Air War Europe: Pathfinder Force established within RAF Bomber Command under Air Commander Bennett. (First operation against Flensburg shipyards, night August 18-19.)
Diary August 15, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, August 15, 1917: Politics Britain: US troops pass through London. War Cabinet decides to send 8 guns to Russia (none sent since March and …
Diary August 14, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 14, 1942: Sea War Mediterranean: 74 German and Italian aircraft, 2 submarines and an MTB make unsuccessful attacks on British cruiser-destroyer escort force returning …
Diary August 14, 1917
World War One Diary for Tuesday, August 14, 1917: Eastern Front Rumania: German Alpenkorps storms Height 334 as Russian VIII Corps flees. Sea War Germany: Scheer writes to Navy Minister …
Diary August 13, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 13, 1942: Sea War Mediterranean: Powerful force of Italian cruisers and destroyers departs Naples to strike battered Convoy Pedestal, but turns back when the …
Diary August 13, 1917
World War One Diary for Monday, August 13, 1917: Western Front Verdun: French 2,400-gun bombardment begins (including 1,100 heavy gun) on 12 1/2-mile front until August 20. German artillery fire …
Diary August 12, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, August 12, 1942: Politics Russia – First Moscow Conference: Churchill informs Stalin that there can be no ‘Second Front’ in Europe until 1943 and reveals …
Diary August 12, 1917
World War One Diary for Sunday, August 12, 1917: Home Fronts Russia: Ex-Tsar with family moved to Abalak Monastery, Tobolsk, Siberia. Sea War North Sea: Destroyer HMS Oracle rams and …
Diary August 11, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, August 11, 1942: Sea War Mediterranean: Carrier Eagle sunk by U-boat U-73 north of Algiers (260 killed). Pacific: Japanese Combined Fleet leaves home waters for …
Diary August 11, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, August 11, 1917: Western Front Ypres: German counter-attacks east of Ypres, part of Glencorse Wood recaptured. Eastern Front Rumania: Mackensen forces river Sereth at …
Diary August 10, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, August 10, 1942: Sea War Mediterranean – OPERATION PEDESTAL: 14-ship British convoy leaves Gibraltar for Malta under heavy escort – only 4 transports and burning …