Diary WW2

WW2 War Diary for Friday, February 5, 1943: Air War Pacific: Heavy incendiary raid by US bombers on Rabaul airfields. Sea War Black Sea: Second Russian landing operation near Novorossisk;

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, February 4, 1943: Africa Western Desert: British 8th Army enters Tunisia. Air War Southeast Asia: RAF B-24 Liberators bomb Rangoon docks. Mediterranean: RAF night bombers

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, February 3, 1943: Air War Germany: 137 RAF bombers attacking Cologne and dropping 460t of bombs. Eastern Front Southern Sector: 3 Hungarian generals captured at

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, February 2, 1943: Eastern Front BATTLE OF STALINGRAD ENDS: 40,000 Germans surrender in northern ‘Pocket’. General Rokossovsky takes the salute at the victory parade. Stalingrad

WW2 War Diary for Monday, February 1, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean: Cruiser-minelayer Welshman sunk by U-boat U-617 off Crete. U-118 lays minefield in Straits of Gibraltar (4 ships sunk, 3

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 31, 1943: Eastern Front Stalingrad: Paulus surrenders at Univermag dept store; capitulation of German forces in south pocket. Air War Mediterranean: B-24 Liberators bomb

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 30, 1943: Air War Germany – FIRST ALLIED DAYLIGHT BOMBING RAIDS ON BERLIN: 6 RAF Mosquito bombers (1 lost) attack in 2 waves –

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, January 28, 1943: Air War Western Europe: 2 Belgian fighter pilots of RAF drop Belgian flags over centre of Brussels.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, January 27, 1943: Eastern Front Stalingrad: Russians begin final assault on two large German ‘pockets’ in ruined city. Africa Egypt: Churchill arrives in Cairo for

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, January 26, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russians retake Voronezh. Secret War Britain: Franciscus Johannes Winter, 40-year-old Belgian, executed at Wandsworth, London. He is the

WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 25, 1943: Eastern Front Stalin issues Order of the Day: in 2 months Red Army has routed 102 enemy divisions and advanced 402 km.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 24, 1943: Eastern Front Stalingrad: Hitler wires Paulus: ‘Surrender is forbidden . . . 6th Army will hold their positions to the last man

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 23, 1943: Africa Western Desert: BRITISH 8TH ARMY CAPTURES TRIPOLI. Sea War Pacific: Cruisers Nashville and Helena, ‘Cactus Striking Force’ and planes from carrier

WW2 War Diary for Friday, January 22, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Salsk rail junction, southwest of Stalingrad, stormed by Russian armour. Sea War Mediterranean: Force K bombards Rommel’s retreating

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, January 21, 1943: Eastern Front Stalingrad: Russians capture Gumrak airfield. This is a virtual death-blow to the German airlift. From now on all supplies must

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, January 20, 1943: Air War Britain – Daylight German fighter-bomber raid on London: 28 fighter-bombers (3 lost) and 50 escort fighters (6 lost) carry out

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, January 19, 1943: Africa Western Desert: British 8th Army occupies Homs. Tunisia: German tanks launch diversionary attack through Ousseltia Valley, but are held by French

WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 18, 1943: Eastern Front SIEGE OF LENINGRAD: after week-long battle, GERMAN ENCIRCLEMENT PARTIALLY BROKEN by recapture of Schluesselburg and Sinyavino and link-up of Leningrad

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 17, 1943: Air War Britain – Luftwaffe ‘reprisal’ raid on London (night January 17-18): 118 aircraft (6 lost) attack in 2 waves. Bombs fall