Diary WW2

War Diary WW2 for Thursday, January 4, 1945: Air War Pacific: Americans bomb Clark Field, Manila (Philippines).

War Diary WW2 for Thursday, January 4, 1940: Occupied countries Poland: Franco-Polish military agreement: Polish Army in Exile at France to be equipped and maintained at French expense. Finland Winter

War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, January 3, 1945: Burma Allied forces land on Akyab Island. Sea War British S class submarine Shakespeare depth­-charged by Japanese patrol boats.

War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, January 3, 1940: Western Front In Vosges area, French patrols ambush two German detachments and take several prisoners. Sea War British warships detain American SS

War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, January 2, 1940: Finland Winter War: Snowstorms halt fighting in Karelian Isthmus. Battle of Salla begins: Finns make unsuccessful attempts to encircle Russian 122nd Division

War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, January 2, 1945: Air War Germany: 1,000 US bombers hammer troop concentrations and com­munications in Western Germany. 1,000 RAF bombers attack Nuremberg (2,067t of bombs)

War Diary WW2 for Monday, January 1, 1940: Finland Winter War: Finns repulse Russian probing attack in Taipale sector of Mannerheim Line. Home Fronts Britain: Royal Proclamation: 2 Million men

War Diary WW2 for Monday, January 1, 1945: Air War Europe: 800 German fighter-bombers carry out massed low-level raids on Allied airfields in Belgium and Holland (Operation Bodenplatte or Hermann).

War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 31, 1939: Sea War Merchant shipping losses in December 1939: 72 Allied ships with 190,768 tons in the Atlantic. 1 U-boat sunk in the

War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 31, 1944: Air War Germany: RAF attacks Solingen marshalling yards. Sea War Merchant shipping losses in December 1944: 19 Allied ships with 91,097 tons

War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 30, 1944: Western Front Fierce fighting in Houffalize–Bastogne sector in the Ardennes. Occupied countries Greece: Archbishop Damas­kinos appointed Regent. Air War Germany: 337 RAF

War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 30, 1939: Finland Winter War: General Stern, formerly in command of Russian Far Eastern Army, to direct operations north of Lake Ladoga.

War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 29, 1944: Air War Europe: Lancaster and Halifax bombers are dropping patterns of 12,000-lb bombs on E-boat pens at Rotterdam.

War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 29, 1939: Finland Winter War: 250 Finnish ‘suicide squad’ ski troops tear up vital Leningrad–Murmansk railway line at three points.

War Diary WW2 for Thursday, December 28, 1944: Western Front Eisenhower meets with Montgomery at Hasselt (Belgium) to concert Ardennes counter-offensive.

War Diary WW2 for Thursday, December 28, 1939: China Repeated Japanese bombing raids on Lanchow, vital Chinese military supply base (northwest China). Finland Winter War: Russian High Command orders preparations

War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, December 27, 1944: Russian Front SIEGE OF BUDAPEST begins. Western Front 3rd US Army establishes ‘safe’ corridor to Bastogne. Air War Germany: 8th USAAF bombs

War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, December 27, 1939: Sea War North Sea: Defensive minefield to be laid off British East Coast, from Moray Firth to Thames Estuary. Finland Winter War:

War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 26, 1944: Western Front Tanks of 4th Armored Division (3rd US Army commanded by Patton) break through to Bastogne and relieve the garrison. Air

War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 26, 1939: Politics USA and twenty Latin American States issue joint protest against River Plate Battle infringement of Pan-American ‘Security Zone’ (rejected by Britain