Diary February 27, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, February 27, 1944: Home Fronts Argentina: Peron appointed War Minister. Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russians capture Bezhakitsy east of Chelm (Poland).
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Diary February 27, 1919
World War One Diary for Thursday, February 27, 1919: Siberia: Reds take Orsk. Austria: Over 100 people at Imperial Court, Eckartsau. Lieutenant-Colonel Strutt arranges British lorryload of rations in February
Diary February 26, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, February 26, 1944: Air War Pacific: 200 Allied planes attack Rabaul, destroying munition dumps. Eastern Front: 600 Russian bombers (3 lost) raid Helsinki between 6
Diary February 26, 1919
World War One Diary for Wednesday, February 26, 1919: France – Peace Process: Armenian claims heard and Zionist claims to national home in Palestine on February 27. USA: Wilson fails
Diary February 25, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, February 25, 1944: Air War Germany – Climax of ‘Big Week’: 830 bombers of US 8th AF (30 lost) and 150 bombers of 15th AF
Diary February 25, 1919
World War One Diary for Tuesday, February 25, 1919: France – Peace Process: Neutral zone created between Hungary and Rumania. Britain and USA oppose Clemenceau’s proposed independent West bank of
Diary February 24, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, February 24, 1944: Eastern Front Northern Sector: 2nd BF captures Dno junction, east of Pskov. 1st BRF captures Rogachev. Southeast Asi Burma: British capture Nyakyedyauk
Diary February 24, 1919
World War One Diary for Monday, February 24, 1919: Russia: Trotsky tells Red Army cadets in Moscow ‘situation is completely favourable’. Red Caspian Flotilla surrenders to Allies. Baltic States: C-in-C
Diary February 23, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, February 23, 1944: Sea War Pacific: TF 58 attacks air bases on Mariana Islands. Home Fronts USA: Death of Dr Baekeland, Belgian-born inventor of ‘bakelite’;
Diary February 23, 1919
World War One Diary for Sunday, February 23, 1919: USA: President Wilson lands at Boston and speaks for League of Nations (arrives in New York on February 24).
Diary February 22, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, February 22, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Krivoi Rog, iron-mining centre in Donbas, captured by 3rd UF. Stalin issues two Orders of the Day: first,
Diary February 22, 1919
World War One Diary for Saturday, February 22, 1919: Galicia: Polish-Ukrainian truce at Lemberg (until March 3).
Diary February 21, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, February 21, 1944: Southeast Asia Burma: 5th Indian Division clears Japanese from commanding heights in the Arakan. Politics Ireland: US note to Eire requests expulsion
Diary February 21, 1919
World War One Diary for Friday, February 21, 1919: Germany: Bavarian Prime Minister Eisner murdered by royalist ex-Lieutenant Count Arco-Valley, 3 others killed and 3 wounded in Munich Diet; city
Diary February 20, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, February 20, 1944: Air War Germany – ‘BIG WEEK’ (Operation Argument): heavy bombers (164 lost) of US 8th and 15th Air Forces fly 3,800 sorties
Diary February 20, 1919
World War One Diary for Thursday, February 20, 1919: South Russia: Red South Front defeats Don Cossacks north of river Donetz, latter reduced to 15,000 men. Afghanistan: Amir Habibullah Khan
Diary February 19, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, February 19, 1944: Air War Germany: First heavy defeat of Royal Air Force in a night raid on Germany. RAF loses 79 night bombers (out
Diary February 19, 1919
World War One Diary for Wednesday, February 19, 1919: France: Clemenceau wounded by anarchist Cottin (sentenced to death March 15), absent from Peace Conference until February 27. Germany – Bavaria:
Diary February 18, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, February 18, 1944: Air War Western Europe – Amiens Prison Raid: 19 Mosquito bombers (4 lost), led by Group-Captain Pickard (shot down by 2 Fw
Diary February 18, 1919
World War One Diary for Tuesday, February 18, 1919: France – Peace Process: Yugoslav claims heard. Britain: Prime Minister instructs Food Ministry to lower prices.
