Diary for Tuesday, July 20, 1915: Sea War North Sea: British submarine C27 towed by Q-ship Princess Louise torpedoes and sinks U23 (Schulthess). Western Front Alsace: French advance toward Munster […]
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Diary for Saturday, July 20, 1940: Air War Göring orders creation of first specialized night-fighter wing Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1) – under Oberst Josef Kammhuber. Me 110 night fighter achieves
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Diary for Friday, July 20, 1945: Home Fronts USA: Congress votes to increase Export-Import Banks lending ceiling from $700 millions to $3,500 millions and passes Bretton Woods Bill. Passed 61-16
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Diary for Friday, July 19, 1940: Politics Germany: HITLER‘S ‘LAST APPEAL TO REASON’ speech in Reichstag, Berlin, says Britain has no sensible alternative but to reach peace agreement; (Britain rejects,
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Diary for Monday, July 19, 1915: Air War Western Front: Guynemer’s first victory (of 54) with gunner Guerder (wounded), an Aviatik near Soissons. Promoted to sergeant and awarded Medaille Militaire.
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Diary for Thursday, July 19, 1945: Air War China: FEAF (Far East Air Forces Command) bombs 4 air bases in Shanghai area.
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Diary for Thursday, July 18, 1940: Air War Germans attack shipping off south England. RAF daylight raids on invasion barges at Rotterdam and St Orner airfield (3 aircraft lost). RAF
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Diary for Sunday, July 18, 1915: Southern Fronts Second Battle of the Isonzo (until August 3): Italian Second and Third Armies (260 battalions against 129 Austrian battalions with 462 guns)
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Diary for Wednesday, July 18, 1945: Air War China: 200 B-24 Liberator and B-25 Mitchell bombers of FEAF (Far East Air Forces command) from Okinawa bomb Kiangwan airfield, Shanghai. Home
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Diary for Wednesday, July 17, 1940: Politics Britain agrees (under severe Japanese diplomatic pressure) to close the Burma Road – a vital supply route for Chiang Kai-shek‘s armies – for
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Diary for Saturday, July 17, 1915: Eastern Front Russian Corps report: ‘Superhuman efforts were required to keep the men in the trenches’. Middle East Gallipoli – Helles bridgehead: GOC VIII
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Diary for Tuesday, July 17, 1945: Politics POTSDAM CONFERENCE (‘Terminal’) opens: Churchill, Attlee, Truman and Stalin confer near Berlin. Sea War Pacific: First joint US-British carrier strike on Tokyo area
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Diary for Tuesday, July 16, 1940: Sea War OPERATION SEA LION (Seelöwe): HITLER ORDERS PREPARATION FOR SEABORNE INVASION OF ENGLAND, to be completed by mid-August, inc. the reduction of the
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Diary for Friday, July 16, 1915: Western Front Aisne: German attack near Fontenoy. Lorraine: German attack in Parroy Forest. Eastern Front Poland: Austrian first Army crosses river Bug. Sea War
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Diary for Monday, July 16, 1945: Secret War FIRST ATOMIC BOMB TESTED at Alamogordo in New Mexico desert (Operation Trinity). Occupied countries Germany: Churchill tours Berlin; during inspection of Hitler‘s
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Diary for Monday, July 15, 1940: Air War Hurricane fighters beat off 15 Dornier Do 17 s attacking convoy in English Channel. Hidden by low cloud, Ju 88s hit targets
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Diary for Thursday, July 15, 1915: Air War Western Front: About 12 Fokker EI’s in use. Western Front BEF has now 7 companies of special gas troops. Argonne: French repulse
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Diary for Sunday, July 15, 1945: Politics Italy: Government declares war on Japan.
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Diary for Wednesday, July 14, 1915: Southern Fronts Montenegro: Montenegrins repulse Austrian attack at Grahovo. Western Front Haig discovers King has lost confidence in Field Marshal French (Monarch tells CoS
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Diary for Sunday, July 14, 1940: Occupied countries France: General de Gaulle attends Bastille Day ceremonies in London. Neutrals Vichy France: Day of National Mourning.
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