Diary WW2

WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 11, 1944: Western Front US 1st ARMY CROSSES GERMAN BORDER north of Trier. French capture Dijon. Politics SECOND QUEBEC CONFERENCE (‘Octagon’): CCS agree that […]

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 10, 1939: Poland Polish general retreat to ‘strong defensive positions’ in south-east Poland ordered. 15 air raids on Warsaw. Germans broadcast false news bulletin,

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 10, 1944: Russian Front 1st Belorussian Front attacks German forces in Praga, outside Warsaw (operations completed on September 14). Politics RUSSO-FINNISH ARMISTICE signed in

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 9, 1939: Poland BATTLE OF THE BZURA: major Polish counter-attack across river Bzura, West of Warsaw, develops into the largest battle in the campaign

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 9, 1944: Air War Europe: US and British bombers batter cities along the Rhine ­from Düsseldorf and Mönchen-Gladbach to Mannheim–Ludwigshafen.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 8, 1944: Air War Britain: Explosion in Chiswick (3 killed) and supersonic boom heard all over London, announces FIRST V-2 ROCKET ATTACK ON LONDON.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 8, 1939: Poland Battle of Warsaw begins: 4th Panzer division reaches outskirts of city, having advanced 225 km in 7 days. Garrison commander, General

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 7, 1944: Western Front British cross Albert Canal (Belgium) and take Ypres. US 3rd Army secures two bridgeheads over river Moselle.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 7, 1939: Poland Surrender of Westerplatte, besieged since September 1. Old battleship Schleswig-Holstein begins daily bombardment of Hela, Polish naval base. Western Front French

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 6, 1944: Western Front Canadians besiege Calais.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 6, 1939: Poland: Panzers take Tomaszow and Kielce, south-west of Warsaw and outflanking two Polish armies. Germans announce capture of Cracow. Hitler visits General

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 5, 1939: Poland Germans break through western frontier cordon of Polish armies and cross river Vistula. Polish High Command orders general retreat behind the

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 5, 1944: Russian Front Russians reach Turnu Severin, south of Iron Gates gorge (river Danube). Hungarian 2nd Army attacks Romanian 4th Army. Diplomacy USSR

WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 4, 1939: Air War Poland: Me 109 s destroy 11 Polish fighters and 3 bombers in battle over Lodz. Germany: 29 RAF Blenheims and

WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 4, 1944: Russian Front Cease-fire on Russo­-Finnish front. Western Front ALLIED FORCES CAPTURE ANTWERP. Diplomacy British Government decides to forcibly repatriate captured Russian ‘collaborators’

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 3, 1939: Poland Panzers cross river Warta, south-west Poland. 1st and 4th Panzer divisions attacked repeatedly by Polish bombers in Radom-­Piotrkow area. Germans capture

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 3, 1944: Western Front BRUSSELS LIBERATED by British forces after lightening dash of 362 km in 4 days. US and French troops enter Lyons.

WW2 War Diary for September 2, 1939 Poland German Blitzkrieg (lightning war) continues relentlessly. 18 Polish bombers attack German armor in Radom-Piotrkow area, south-west of Warsaw. Air War Luftwaffe enjoys

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 1, 1939: Poland GERMANY INVADES POLAND (code name, Weiss = ‘White’): 48 divisions (6 Panzer) and 1,600 aircraft invade without formal declaration of war