Diary December 17, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 17, 1941: Eastern Front Siege of Sebastopol: second German-Rumanian attack (December 17-31) forces garrison back to final lines of defences 8 km north of …
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Diary December 15, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Monday, December 15, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: Cruiser Galatea sunk by U-boat U-557 north of Alexandria.
Diary December 14, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, December 14, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: Battleship Vittorio Veneto torpedoed by British submarine Urge off Straits of Messina.
Diary December 13, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, December 13, 1941: Eastern Front Russia: STALIN ORDERS GENERAL OFFENSIVE. Sea War Mediterranean: Italian fast cruisers Alberico da Barbiano and Alberto di Giussano, loaded with …
Diary December 12, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Friday, December 12, 1941: Politics Rumania: Government declares war on USA. Air War Germany: 43 RAF bombers attacking Cologne and dropping 58t of bombs.
Diary December 11, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, December 11, 1941: Politics GERMANY AND ITALY DECLARE WAR ON USA. USA declares war on Germany and Italy. Sea War Pacific – Defence of Wake …
Diary December 10, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 10, 1941: Sea War Pacific: HMS PRINCE OF WALES AND REPULSE SUNK 322 KM NORTHEAST OF SINGAPORE by 88 Japanese bombers and torpedo planes …
Diary December 9, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 9, 1941: Eastern Front Siege of Leningrad: Russian troops restore railway supply line to Lake Ladoga by the recapturing of Tikhwin. Politics China: Nationalist …
Diary December 8, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Monday, December 8, 1941: China Battle of Hong Kong: Japanese 38 Infantry Division supported by heavy artillery and aircraft, attacks 12,000-strong British-Canadian-Indian garrison. Pacific Philippines: Japanese …
Diary December 7, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, December 7, 1941: Sea War Pacific: JAPAN ATTACKS PEARL HARBOR. 350 dive bombers, torpedo planes and Zero fighters in 2 waves from 6 carriers attack …
Diary December 6, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, December 6, 1941: Eastern Front Russian counter-offensive in Moscow sector gathers momentum: 10 armies now engaged on 322-km front, including many Siberian units and 1,000 …
Diary December 5, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Friday, December 5, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: SURPRISE RUSSIAN COUNTER-OFFENSIVE IN MOSCOW SECTOR. 4 armies attack north of city. Coincidentally, Guderian has already decided to …
Diary December 4, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, December 4, 1941: Occupied Territories Poland: General Sikorski, Prime Minister of Polish Government-in-Exile, broadcasts to Russian people from Moscow.
Diary December 3, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 3, 1941: Sea War Baltic: Transport J Stalin (7,500t), evacuating Russian troops besieged at Hango since June, wrecked by 4 mines, approx. 2,000 killed; …
Diary December 2, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 2, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German infantry detachment reaches Khimki tram station, 19 km from centre of Moscow, but is repulsed by Russian …
