Diary February 8, 1940
Diary for Thursday, February 8, 1940: Western Front Two French soldiers capture German patrol in Forbach Woods. Secret War USA: ‘Harry Sawyer’ (Sebold) arrives in New York to head German […]
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Diary February 8, 1945
Diary for Thursday, February 8, 1945: Western Front Canadians advance into Reichswald southeast of Nijmegen, between Maas and Rhine (Operation Veritable).
Diary February 7, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, February 7, 1945: Air War Europe: RAF night attack on German forces at Kleve and Goch.
Diary February 7, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, February 7, 1940: Sea War Atlantic: Irish passenger-mail ship Munster sunk by mine in Irish Sea. Home Fronts Britain: IRA men, Barnes and Richards, executed at Winson
Diary February 6, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, February 6, 1940: Home Front Britain: four people injured by IRA parcel bombs at Euston Station, London.
Diary February 6, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, February 6, 1945: Russian Front Konev crosses the river Oder and lays siege to Breslau: hundreds of thousands of panic-stricken German civilians flee westwards, many into ‘safe’
Diary February 5, 1945
Diary for Monday, February 5, 1945: Western Front Alsace: Colmar Pocket cut in two as US and French troops link up. Air War Germany: 238 RAF bombers attacking Bonn. 589
Diary February 5, 1940
Diary for Monday, February 5, 1940: Neutrals Holland: C-in-C General Reynders resigns over question of Dutch military preparedness. Sea War US Maritime Commission announces that Britain and France are buying
Diary February 4, 1945
Diary for Sunday, February 4, 1945: Politics YALTA CONFERENCE (‘Magneto’): Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet in Crimea. Latter succeeds in winning big concessions from ailing US President, including free hand
Diary February 4, 1940
Diary for Sunday, February 4, 1940: Air War Finland: Russian bombers attacking 141 targets (towns, rail junctions, harbors) over weekend February 3-4, dropping approx. 6,800 bombs. Finnish casualties 193 (14
Diary February 3, 1940
Diary for Friday, February 3, 1940: Air War 20 Heinkel He 111‘s (3 lost) attack ships (2 sunk) off British East Coast.
Diary February 3, 1945
Diary for Saturday, February 3, 1945: Air War Germany: 937 B-17 Fortress, escorted by 900 fighters (24 planes lost), RAID BERLIN setting fire to 5 sq km in central districts
Diary February 2, 1945
Diary for Friday, February 2, 1945: Western Front Alsac: French and Americans enter Colmar.
Diary February 2, 1940
Diary for Friday, February 2, 1940: Politics Balkan Entente Conference at Belgrade: Neutrals Yugoslavia, Greece, Romania and Turkey proclaim common interests in maintenance of peace in southeast Europe and renew
Diary February 1, 1940
Diary Thursday, February 1, 1940 Finland Winter War – Second battle of Summa: Russian 7th Army batters key sector of Mannerheim Line near village of Summa, with waves of tanks
Diary February 1, 1945
Diary for Thursday, February 1, 1945 Russian Front Poland: Rokossovsky captures Torun after 6-day siege. Western Front Alsace: US 7th Army crosses river Moder.
Diary January 31, 1945
Wednesday, January 31, 1945 Home Fronts USA: 16 war workers’ children killed by fire in nursery at Auburn, Maine. Germany: Gollob (150 victories) succeeds Galland as General der Jagdflieger. Russian
Diary January 31, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, January 31, 1940 Secret War Italy: Secret British military mission to Italy orders 300 Caproni Re 2000 fighters. Germany vetoes deal in April. British attempts to obtain
Diary January 30, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, January 30, 1940 Sea War Heinkel He 111 bombers again attack shipping off British coast. German U-boat U-55 attacks convoy off Land’s End, sinking 2 ships; but
Diary January 30, 1945
Diary for January 30, 1945 Sea War Baltic: WORST SEA DISASTER IN HISTORY. 7,000 refugees drown when Russian Scuka class submarine S-13 sinks liner Wilhelm Gustloff. Western Front Allied forces
