Diary WW2

War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 10, 1944: Air War Germany: Americans bomb rail targets at Coblenz and Bingen. Politics Franco-Soviet 20-year Treaty of Alliance signed in Moscow. Occupied countries […]

War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 10, 1939: Sea War Atlantic: First Canadian troop convoy sails from Halifax, with 5 liners under heavy escort (arrives Britain, December 23). Baltic: Russian

War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 9, 1939: Western Front Corporal Thomas Priday of King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, killed leading a patrol, is first British soldier to be killed in

War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 9, 1944: Air War Germany: Stuttgart raided by the 8th USAAF. Western Front 3rd US Army repels German counter-attack at Saarlautern.

War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 8, 1944: Western Front Americans occupy undefeated Fort Driant after its surrender after the fall of Metz. Air War Germany: RAF daylight raids on

War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 8, 1939: Air War Polish exile-squadrons to be attached to the RAF. Polish Forces in Exile

War Diary WW2 for Thursday, December 7, 1944: Western Front 3rd US Army penetrates Siegfried Line northwest of Saarlautern. Sea War Pacific: Americans land at Ormoc on west coast of

War Diary WW2 for Thursday, December 7, 1939: Sea War Atlantic: Pocket-battleship Admiral Graf Spee sinks SS Streonshalh south of Trinidad, her ninth and last victim. British cruiser squadron sails

War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, December 6, 1944 Western Front 3rd US Army enters Sarreguemines (Moselle). British 2nd Army held up southwest of Arnhem by German demolition of dykes and

Diary for Wednesday, December 6, 1939: Sea War Mines laid, by night, off British East Coast, by German seaplanes and destroyers (which also damage destroyer HMS Jersey by a torpedo).

War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 5, 1939 Finland Winter War: Finnish covering forces complete withdrawal to Mannerheim Line. Finnish Blenheim bombers raid Murmansk air base.

War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 5, 1944: Air War Europe: 550 8th USAAF planes (12 lost) escorted by 800 fighters (9 lost) attack Tegel tank works, Berlin and Münster

War Diary WW2 for Monday, December 4, 1944: Air War Germany: Destructive RAF night raid on Heilbronn (1,241 t bombs), east of Karlsruhe; numerous combats with night fighters. RAF bombers

War Diary WW2 for Monday, December 4, 1939: Sea War Battleship HMS Nelson, flagship of British Home Fleet, damaged by magnetic mine near Loch Ewe. Royal Navy S class sub

War Diary for Sunday, December 3, 1944: Western Front Pattons 3rd US Army captures main bridge over river Saar at Saarlautern. Air War Germany: RAF bombers attacking Hagen and dropping

War Diary for Sunday, December 3, 1939: Neutrals Sweden: Army reservists called up and minefield laid off the East Coast.

War Diary for Saturday, December 2, 1939: Finland Winter War: Finnish covering forces (13,000 men) on Karelian Isthmus slowly withdrawing to the Mannerheim Line. Mines and traps destroy numbers of

War Diary for Saturday, December 2, 1944: Western Front Americans enter Saarlautern. Occupied countries Italy: Death of Filippo Marinetti, founder of ‘Futurist‘ art movement (1909) and leading Fascist author; aged

War Diary for Friday, December 1, 1944: Western Front 3rd US Army reaches river Saar. Occupied countries Crete: Germans on Crete abandon all areas except large towns. Air War Germany:

War Diary for Friday, December 1, 1939: Finland Winter War Finland: Helsinki bombed (80 killed, November 30 – December 1). Finnish coalition government formed, including Ryti (Prime Minister) and Tanner