Diary WW2

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 16, 1939: Poland German ultimatum to Warsaw Garrison and civil population rejected. Polish air force bombers make final sorties. Politics Russia informs Poland that

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 16, 1944: Russian Front Guderian counter­-attacks near Gulf of Riga with troops brought from far south of the Front, spear­headed by scratch Panzers divisions

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 15, 1939: Poland Germans surround Warsaw and occupy Galician oilfields (southeast Poland). Sea War Atlantic: First British trans-Atlantic convoy sails from Kingston, Jamaica. Politics

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 15, 1944: Western Front Americans break through Siegfried Line, east of Aachen. FFI and Americans capture Nancy. Russian Front Polish 1st Army of 1st

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 14, 1939: Poland Fall of Gdynia, Poland’s only seaport, and the city of Brest-Litovsk, Eastern Poland. The Citadel of Brest-Litovsk still holds out. Sea

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 14, 1944: Western Front US forces and Dutch Resistance capture Maastricht.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 13, 1939: Poland German infantry cross river Vistula, South of Warsaw. German High Command announces its intention to crush guerrilla operations and sabotage by

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 13, 1944: Air War Germany: 209 RAF bombers attacking Stuttgart and dropping 781 t of bombs. RAF bombers attacking Frankfurt and dropping 1,556 t

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 12, 1939: Poland Germans rush reinforcements (including tank units) from Warsaw front to Bzura battle area (night 12-13). Poles begin fighting withdrawal from Bzura.

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 12, 1944: Western Front US 1st Army crosses Belgian-German border, near Eupen. Surrender of Le Havre. Politics ALLIED-ROMANIAN ARMISTICE signed in Moscow: Romania to

WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 11, 1939: Poland Germans cross river San, southeast Poland. Politics Churchill (as ‘A Naval Person’) begins correspondence with Roosevelt. Home Fronts Britain: 1,330,928 people

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