Diary November 10, 1939
War Diary for Friday, November 10, 1939: Neutrals Holland: Dutch reinforce border troops, cancel all Army leave and prepare to flood ‘inundation area’ by opening sluice gates.
War Diary for Friday, November 10, 1939: Neutrals Holland: Dutch reinforce border troops, cancel all Army leave and prepare to flood ‘inundation area’ by opening sluice gates.
War Diary for Thursday, November 9, 1944: Western Front Polish Division defeats German rearguard at Moerdijk (Holland); booty including ex-BEF Bofors anti-aircraft guns, vintage 1940. US 3rd Army tanks plow
War Diary for Thursday, November 9, 1939: Secret War Venlo Incident: two British Intelligence officers, Major Stevens and Captain Best, kidnapped by the Gestapo on Dutch-German border, while attempting to
War Diary for Wednesday, November 8, 1944: Western Front US 3rd Army drives east in Metz-Nancy sector. Air War Germany: Major Walter Nowotny, Austrian fighter ace (258 victories), dies in
War Diary for Wednesday, November 8, 1939: Home Fronts Germany: BUERGER-BRAEUKELLER BOMB INCIDENT. Powerful bomb wrecks Munich beer hall (killing 8) minutes after vehement anti-British speech by Hitler, who predicts
War Diary for Tuesday, November 7, 1944: Home Fronts USA: ROOSEVELT RE-ELECTED. Presidential Elections: Roosevelt (Democratic), 25,610,946; Dewey (Republican), 22,018,177; Roosevelt wins in 36 States and is re-elected for unprecedented
War Diary for Tuesday, November 7, 1939: Western Front Hitler postpones offensive planned for November 12 – and 13 further postponements follow at intervals until May 9, 1940. Politics Queen
War Diary for Monday, November 6, 1939: Western Front The Biggest dogfight to date. Nine French Curtiss Hawk fighters shoot down 4 out of 27 Me 109Ds over the Saar.
War Diary for Monday, November 6, 1944: Neutrals Egypt: Lord Moyne, British Resident Minister in the Middle East, dies – shot by ‘Stern Gang‘ (Zionist) terrorists, in Cairo.
War Diary for Sunday, November 5, 1939: Home Fronts Germany: THE ZOSSEN CONSPIRACY. Generals von Brauchitsch (Army C in C), Halder and Beck plot to stop Hitler’s planned Western Front
War Diary for Sunday, November 5, 1944: Air War Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers attack Singapore.
War Diary for Saturday, November 4, 1944: Russian Front Russian long-range guns bombard Budapest. Western Front Allies capture Flushing. Balkans LIBERATION OF GREECE completed. Air War Germany: 8th USAAF raids
War Diary for Saturday, November 4, 1939: Secret War ‘Oslo Report‘: revealing secrets of German long-range rockets and radar – sent anonymously (probably by anti-Nazi German scientist) to British naval
War Diary for Friday, November 3, 1939: Politics Embargo on export of arms lifted by US Senate. Neutrality Bill amended. Britain and France now able to obtain supplies on ‘cash
War Diary for Friday, November 3, 1944: Western Front Canadians cross from Beveland to join British on Walcheren. US 1st Army captures Schmidt, near Aachen (Germans recapture it next day).
War Diary for Thursday, November 2, 1944: Air War Germany: Great air battle over Leuna synthetic oil plant at Merseburg: 8th AF claims 183 fighters (including 4 jets) for loss
War Diary for Thursday, November 2, 1939: Occupied countries Poland: Western White Russia (Russian-occupied Poland) incorporated in Belorussian SSR.
War Diary for Wednesday, November 1, 1939: Home Fronts Germany: Flight of world’s first jet aircraft. Heinkel He 178 experimental jet aircraft displayed to senior Luftwaffe officers. Occupied Countries Poland:
War Diary for Wednesday, November 1, 1944: Sea War British infantry and Commandos land on Walcheren (Operation Infatuate): German garrison surrenders on November 8. Air War Pacific: First of 9,000
War Diary for Tuesday, October 31, 1939: Politics Molotov, Russian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, elucidates Soviet foreign policy: friendship with Germany, support for German ‘peace’ efforts and economic collaboration.