Diary March 23, 1916
Diary for Thursday, March 23, 1916: Sea War Mediterranean: U35 sinks 13,543t British Transport Minneapolis (12 lives lost) 195 miles east of Malta. First Pola-built U-boat in service; coastal submarine […]
War Diary
Diary March 23, 1941
Diary for Sunday, March 23, 1941: Air War Ju 87 Stukas with fighter escort carry out major raid on Malta: 13 Stukas shot down (2 RAF fighters lost in air
Diary March 22, 1916
Diary for Wenesday, March 22, 1916: Sea War First depth charge submarine kill: Q-ship Farnborough (Campbell) sinks U68 off Southwest Ireland. Germans aware of new weapon after vain attacks on
Diary March 22, 1941
Diary for Saturday, March 22, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: German battlecruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst return to Brest having sunk 22 ships totalling 116,000 t during ‘Operation Berlin‘. Neutrals Vichy France:
Diary March 21, 1941
Diary for Friday, March 21, 1941: North Africa Italian garrison of Jarabub, Southern Libya, surrenders to British and Australians after 15-week siege. Neutrals USA: New York bus strike ends after
Diary March 21, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, March 21, 1916: Western Front Verdun: German shell Hill 304. French now have 1,294 guns (570 medium and heavy), the 155mm heavy guns alone fire 278,000 rounds
Diary March 20, 1916
Diary for Monday, March 20, 1916: Western Front Verdun, West bank: 11th Bavarian Division captures Avocourt Wood and 2,825 French PoWs, with flamethrowers, but Germans are repulsed on Poivre Heights
Diary March 20, 1941
Diary for Thursday, March 20, 1941: Air War RAF and South African AF bomb Italian positions around Keren (Eritrea).
Diary March 19, 1916
Diary for Sunday, March 19, 1916: Eastern Front Galicia: Russian success northwest of Uscieczko bridgehead on river Dniester (until March 21). Middle East Egypt: Murray succeeds Maxwell as C-in-C after
Diary March 19, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, March 19, 1941: Air War Britain: Heaviest night raid on London since last December.
Diary March 18, 1916
Diary for Saturday, March 18, 1916: Eastern Front Western Russia – First Battle of Lake Naroch (until April 14): Record of 1,271 Russian guns fire blind for 8 hours before
Diary March 18, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, March 18, 1941: East Africa Ethiopian ‘Patriot’ tribesmen attempt to surround Italian garrison at Debra Marcos. Politics British Foreign Minister, Eden, meets his Turkish counterpart in Cyprus
Diary March 17, 1916
Diary for Friday, March 17, 1916: Eastern Front Spring thaw begins unexpectedly early, but Russian offensive not postponed.
Diary March 17, 1941
Diary for Monday, March 17, 1941: East Africa Italians launch unsuccessful counter-attack in Eritrea. Home Fronts Britain: Jam and marmalade rationed to 8 oz. (225 g) per person per month.
Diary March 16, 1916
Diary for Thursday, March 16, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Renewed German assaults on Mort Homme and Vaux, latter repels five attacks. German III (Brandenburg) Corps withdrawn to regain strength (1916
Diary March 16, 1941
Diary for Sunday, March 16, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: Two U-boat ‘aces’ Kretschmer (U-99) and Schepke (U-100) lost while attacking Convoy HX.112. U-100 rammed by HMS Vanoc; U-99 depth-charged by
Diary March 15, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, March 15, 1916: Southern Fronts Italian Front – Italian Third Army losses in the Fifth Battle of the Isonzo: 1,882 men, Austrians 1,985 men. Middle East Mesopotamia:
Diary March 15, 1941
Diary for Saturday, March 15, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: German U-boats U-105 and U-106 hound Convoy SL.68 for a week off West Africa, sinking 7 ships and damaging battleship Malaya.
Diary March 14, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, March 14, 1916: African Fronts Western Desert – Major-General Peyton reoccupies Sollum: 10 armoured cars storm Senussi camp 20 miles in the west, take 3 guns, 9
Diary March 14, 1941
Diary for Friday, March 14, 1941: Air War Britain: Night raids on Glasgow and Sheffield.
