Diary December 29, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 29, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: New Russian offensive under way in Dnieper Bend, west of Zaporozhe.
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Diary December 29, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, December 29, 1918: Home Fronts Germany: Majority Socialist demo in Berlin vs Spartacists, but 3 Independent Socialists leave Government. France: Liberated Districts Ministry formed.
Diary December 28, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 28, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: Canadian troops capture Ortona (Adriatic coast) after prolonged, savage, house-to-house fighting with German paratroops and Panzer-Grenadiers, supported by tanks concealed
Diary December 28, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, December 28, 1918: Home Fronts Germany: 3 Commissars (USPD) resign but replaced by SPDs. BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS: Government Coalition 478 seats (Tory 384;
Diary December 27, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, December 27, 1943: Pacific New Guinea: Australian troops capture ‘Pimple Hill’ (Huon Peninsular).
Diary December 27, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, December 27, 1918: Eastern Front USSR: Lenin writes to Chicherin urging Berlin or Holland conference to found Third Communist International by February 1, 1919
Diary December 26, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, December 26, 1943: Sea War BATTLE OF NORTH CAPE: Series of miscalculations by Admiral Bey of battlecruiser Scharnhorst, during sortie against a arctic convoy leads
Diary December 26, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, December 26, 1918: Eastern Front Baltic States: 2 Royal Navy cruisers and 3 destroyers capture Red destroyers Spartak and Avrotil (until December 27) after
Diary December 25, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, December 25, 1943: Sea War Pacific: US carrier planes attack shipping at Kavieng (New Ireland). Japanese attack American beachhead at Arawe (New Britain). Mediterranean Italy:
Diary December 25, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, December 25, 1918: Eastern Front Urals: General Pepelyayev’s White Siberian Corps of General Gadja’s Northern Army (Kolchak) captures and loots Perm (province capital and
Diary December 24, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, December 24, 1943: Home Fronts USA: ROOSEVELT NAMES ALLIED COMMANDERS FOR INVASION OF EUROPE. General Eisenhower, Supreme Commander; ACM Tedder, Deputy Supreme Commander; Admiral Ramsay,
Diary December 24, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, December 24, 1918: Middle East North Syria: 28th Indian Brigade (7th Division) occupies Killis and Aintab, north of Aleppo, and Baghdad Railway. Home Fronts
Diary December 23, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, December 23, 1943: Air War Europe: 200,000 t bombs dropped on Germany to date.
Diary December 23, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, December 23, 1918: Home Fronts Germany: Spartacists and Marines seize Berlin Chancery but Government troops eject with 29 killed until December 24. Western Front
Diary December 22, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 22, 1943: Neutrals Spain: Repatriation of 14,284 men of Division Azul from Russian Front officially completed; 3,000 volunteers continue to fight on as the
Diary December 22, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, December 22, 1918: Eastern Front Georgia: British brigade (from Salonika Army) lands at Batumi to link with Baku garrison as Armenian vs Georgian fighting
Diary December 21, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 21, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean: Old German cruiser Niobe sunk by British MTBs (night December 21-22).
Diary December 21, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, December 21, 1918: Home Fronts Czechoslovakia: President Masaryk arrives in Prague (inaugurated December 22). Britain: Children’s sugar rations increased (manufacturers allowance doubled on December
Diary December 20, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, December 20, 1943: Air War Germany: 8th US AF drops 1,200 t bombs on Bremen and 576 RAF bombers deliver 2,000 t to Frankfurt by
Diary December 20, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, December 20, 1918: Eastern Front General Borius’ 1,800 French African troops (156th Colonial Division) land at Odessa. Petlura’s Ukrainians capture Kiev and end Skovopadski’s
