Diary January 18, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, January 18, 1944: Home Fronts Britain: Churchill returns from North Africa.
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Diary January 18, 1919
World War One Diary for Sunday, January 19, 1919: France – PEACE CONFERENCE OPENS at 1530 hours in Quai d’Orsay, Paris, 48 years to day since German Empire’s proclamation at
Diary January 17, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 17, 1944: Home Fronts USA: Lieutenant-General Omar N Bradley appointed to command US Army in the Field, under Eisenhower. Mediterranean Italy: British 10th Corps
Diary January 17, 1919
World War One Diary for Friday, January 17, 1919: Baltic States: Rear-Admiral Cowan’s cruiser Caledon and 3 destroyers arrive at Libau, Latvia. Britain: 538,912 troops demobilized so far.
Diary January 16, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 16, 1944: Air War Germany: B-17 Fortress attack Messerschmitt factory at Klagenfurt (Austria). Pacific New Britain: Americans defeat final Japanese counter-attack on New Britain.
Diary January 16, 1919
World War One Diary for Thursday, January 16, 1919: Germany: German government signs new Armistice terms at Trier (until February 17); she is to give up many farm implements and
Diary January 15, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 15, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: 5th US Army captures Monte Trocchio. Germans pull back over river Rapido. Neutrals Argentina: Earthquake destroys city of San Juan
Diary January 15, 1919
World War One Diary for Wednesday, January 15, 1919: Germany: Hiding Spartacist leaders Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg (body found in canal on June 1) arrested and shot dead in Berlin
Diary January 14, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, January 14, 1944: Eastern Front Northern Sector: FINAL RUSSIAN COUNTER-OFFENSIVE AT LENINGRAD. 1,000 guns and 17 warships of Baltic Fleet pour 500,000 shells into Finnskoyo-Koirovo
Diary January 14, 1919
World War One Diary for Tuesday, January 14, 1919: Germany: Dortmund rioting. Italy: Nitti’s resignation causes ministerial crisis, Prime Minister Orlando leaves Paris.
Diary January 13, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, January 13, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Korets (Rovno sector) taken by Russians.
Diary January 13, 1919
World War One Diary for Monday, Jnauary 13, 1919: Germany: Government troops crush Spartacists in Berlin. Arabia: Fakhri Pasha’s starving 16,645 Turk garrison (12 battalions) of Medina finally surrenders holy
Diary January 12, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, January 12, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: General Juin’s French Expeditionary Corps captures important German strong-points near Monte Santa Croce, north of Cassino (January 12-14). 5th US
Diary January 12, 1919
World War One Diary for Sunday, January 12, 1919: France: Supreme War Council considers Armistice renewal. Peace Process: Chief representatives discuss Peace Conference procedure, all countries who severed relations with
Diary January 11, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, January 11, 1944: Sea War Indian Ocean: Japanese cruiser Kuma sunk by British submarine Tally Ho. U-boats of Monsun group sink 17 ships (January-March), but
Diary January 11, 1919
World War One Diary for Saturday, January 11, 1919: Germany: Cuxhaven ‘Republic’ proclaimed. 3,000 Reichswehr troops enter Berlin after Vorwaerts newspaper offices recaptured (night January 10-11). Italy: Mussolini among band
Diary January 10, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 10, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: 5th US Army crosses river Peccia. Südost-Asien Burma: British troops capture Maungdaw.
Diary January 10, 1919
World War One Diary for Friday, January 10, 1919: France: Foch’s memo on French Rhine frontier sent to Allies. Germany: Radicals seize Bremen declaring Soviet Republic (until February 4). North
Diary January 9, 1919
World War One Diary for Thursday, January 9, 1919: France: Italian Prime Minister Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino arrive in Paris. Peace Process: French Conference representatives designated; the 5 Allied
Diary January 9, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 9, 1944: Home Fronts USA: Major-General Bedell Smith appointed COS to General Eisenhower. Antanas Smetona, ex-dictator of Lithuania, killed in fire at Cleveland, Ohio;
