Diary August 1, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 1, 1942: Sea War Indian Ocean – Operation Stab: British Eastern Fleet carries out protracted manoeuvres in Bay of Bengal in attempt to divert […]
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Diary July 31, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 31, 1942: Eastern Front Southern Russia: German troops cross river Don on wide front. Air War Germany: 630 RAF bombers (including 211 bomber-trainers) make
Diary July 30, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 30, 1942: Air War China: American P-40 fighters repulse series of Japanese raids on Hengyang air base, southwest China (July 30-31) Britain: New type
Diary July 30, 1917
World War One Diary for Monday, July 30, 1917: Western Front Aisne: Artillery in action. Eastern Front Galicia: Austrian Third Army retakes Zaleszczycki and Sniatyn. German Suedarmee, Austrians and Turk
Diary July 29, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 29, 1942: Eastern Front South Russia: Hoth’s Panzers capture Tsimlyanskaya, on river Don, west of Stalingrad. Farther south Kleist’s Panzers capture Proletarskaya. Pacific New
Diary July 28, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, July 28, 1942: Home Fronts Britain: Death of Sir Matthew Flinders Petrie, archaeologist; aged 89.
Diary July 27, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, July 27, 1942: Air War Britain: 30 German raiders, operating singly in cloudy weather over many parts of England, bomb 2 airfields, 4 factories and
Diary July 26, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, July 26, 1942: Air War Eastern Front: Russian 8th Air Army and 4-engined Pe-8s of the ADD (‘Long-range Bombing Force’) carry out round-the-clock operations in
Diary July 25, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 25, 1942: Eastern Front Southern Russia: Kleist’s Panzers begin crossing river Don. Africa French Northwest Africa: British and American Chiefs of Staff decide to
Diary July 24, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 24, 1942: Sea War Atlantic: Admiral Doenitz, broadcasting from Berlin, describes the ever-increasing threat to his submarine operations from British and American warships and
Diary July 23, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 23, 1942: Eastern Front Southern Russia: Hitler orders simultaneous operations against Stalingrad and the Caucasus, thereby compromising the chances of capturing either objective. Hoth’s
Diary July 22, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 22, 1942: Air War Germany: 250 RAF bombers attacking Duisburg and dropping 577t of bombs. Home Fronts India: Ban on Communist Party lifted.
Diary July 21, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, July 21, 1942: Pazifik New Guinea: Japanese division lands at Buna, north of Port Moresby, which they plan to capture by advancing over Owen Stanley
Diary July 20, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, July 20, 1942: Air War Arctic: Russian planes bomb airfields in North Norway. Western Europa: 200 Spitfire V fighters strafe ‘targets of opportunity’ over Northern
Diary July 19, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, July 19, 1942: Air War Eastern Front: Captain Antonio Lavat, commander of Esquadra Azul (‘Blue Squadron’) – Spanish volunteer fighter unit in Russia – killed
Diary July 18, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 18, 1942: Home Fronts Germany: First flight of Me 262 V3, prototype jet fighter, at Leipheim, near Ulm. Air War Germany: Lancaster bombers fly
Diary July 17, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 17, 1942: Eastern Front Ukraine: Germans capture Voroshilovgrad, chief town of Donets coalfield.
Diary July 16, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 16, 1942: Sea War Mediterranean: Turkish tanker Antares torpedoed by Italian submarine Alagi and beached on Lebanon coast.
Diary July 15, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 15, 1942: Air War Western Europa: 200 Spitfire Mk Vs carry out offensive sweep over Northern France. Wing Commander ‘Paddy’ Finucane – 21-year-old ‘ace’
Diary July 14, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, July 14, 1942: Occupied Territories France: Free French movement is renamed La France Combattante. Home Fronts India: Congress Party Working Committee calls for ending of
