Diary WW2

War Diary for Monday, October 16, 1939: Western Front Germans counter-attack in Saar region and within 48 hours expel remaining French ‘covering forces’; few casualties on either side. Air War

War Diary for Monday, October 16, 1944: Western Front US forces close the ring around Aachen. Occupied Countries Hungary: Ferenc Szalasi, leader of fascist ‘Arrow Cross’ Party appointed acting-Regent and

War Diary for Sunday, October 15, 1939: Neutrals Finland: Compulsory National Service introduced.

War Diary for Sunday, October 15, 1944: Air War Germany: Daylight raid on Sorpe Dam: Lancaster bombers obtain direct hits on vast earthwork-concrete structure with 12,000-lb DA bombs. Occupied Countries

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 14, 1944: Air War Europe: 2,000 RAF BOMBERS RAID DUISBURG. 1,063 bombers (14 lost), escorted by 300 fighters, drop 5,000 t. bombs by day;

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 14, 1939: Sea War Atlantic: BATTLESHIP ROYAL OAK SUNK (833 dead) in ‘impregnable’ anchorage of Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, by U-boat U-47 from Guenther

WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 13, 1939: Western Front Skirmishes East of river Moselle. French demolish 3 Rhine bridges.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 13, 1944: Russian Front Fall of Riga. Western Front US artillery and planes decimate Panzer counter-attacking near Aachen. V-weapon bombardment of Antwerp begins.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 12, 1939: Western Front BEF now fully deployed along Franco-Belgian border, between Maulde and Halluin.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 12, 1944: Western Front British capture Overloon (Holland). Sea War Pacific – BATTLE OF FORMOSA (October 12-15): TF 38 launches massive strikes against the

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 11, 1944: Western Front Germans trapped at Aachen reject ultimatum.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 11, 1939: Home Front Britain: Clackmannan and E Stirling by-election: Woodburn (Labour), 15,645 votes; Stewart (Pacifist), 1,060.

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 10, 1944: Russian Front Big tank battle at Debrecen, southeast Hungary: Germans are pushed back but then counter-attack and destroy 3 Russian corps. BATTLE

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 10, 1939: Politics Soviet-Lithuanian Mutual Assistance Pact: Soviet Forces to be based in Lithuania. Vilna (in Russian Occupation Zone of Poland) to be transferred

WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 9, 1939: Western Front Hitler‘s ‘Directive No.6’: plans and preparations to be made for an early offensive against Holland, Belgium and France. Army High

WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 9, 1944: Politics Third Moscow Conference: Allies discuss the Polish problem with Polish Prime Minister (ends October 20).

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 8, 1944: Western Front US 1st Army attacks east of Aachen; US 3rd Army strikes between Metz and Nancy. Sea War British-Canadian troops of

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 8, 1939: Politics Evacuation of the Baltic Germans. 50,000 German-speaking citizens of Latvia are to be ‘repatriated’ to the Reich (first group leaves by

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 7, 1944: Russian Front Russian 14th Army attacks in North Finland. Western Front US 1st Army penetrates Siegfried Line north of Aachen. Germans counter-attack

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 7, 1939: Sea War Transport of BEF to France completed – entirely without loss – under protection of British and French naval forces (161,000