Diary March 26, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, March 26, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: 2nd Ukrainian Front reaches river Pruth (Soviet-Rumanian border from 1940-41 after previous Russian occupation of Moldau province) along
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, March 26, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: 2nd Ukrainian Front reaches river Pruth (Soviet-Rumanian border from 1940-41 after previous Russian occupation of Moldau province) along
World War One Diary for Wednesday, March 26, 1919: Italy: Ex-Austrian Fleet, taken prize to Venice, surrenders to Italian Navy. France – Peace Process: German Armistice Commission refuses Allied request
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, March 25, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russians capture Proskurov, West Ukraine. Southeast Asia Burma: US and Chinese forces capture Shaduzup in Mogaung Valley.
World War One Diary for Tuesday, March 25, 1919: USA: US 27th Division triumphal march through New York. Germany: First food ship docks at Hamburg, c.400,000t of food delivered by
WW2 War Diary for Friday, March 24, 1944: Air War Burma: Major-General Orde Wingate, leader of the Chindits, killed in air crash in Burma; aged 41. Germany: 1,000 bomber night
World War One Diary for Monday, March 24, 1919: France – Peace Process: Council of Ten reduced to Council of Four at Lloyd George’s suggestion (Wilson, Lloyd George, Clemenceau, Orlando)
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, March 23, 1944: Air War Germany: 8th US AF attacks Hamm marshalling yards.
World War One Diary for Sunday, March 23, 1919: Italy: Mussolini founds Fascists (200 members) at hall in Piazza San Sepulchro, Milan, during year of constant strikes, inflation and Bolshevik
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, March 22, 1944: Air War Germany: 8th US AF bombs Berlin. 816 RAF night bombers drop c.3,000 t bombs on Frankfurt (night March 22-23). Mediterranean
World War One Diary for Saturday, March 22, 1919: Britain: Guards Division victory march through London. France – Peace Process: League of Nations first meeting since February 14. Farman brothers
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, March 21, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russian troops cut Cernauti-Balti railway.
World War One Diary for Friday, March 21, 1919: Hungary: Count Karolyi’s Government in Budapest (resigned because of the Allied territorial claims) replaced by Communist-Socialist coalition in which Communist Bela
WW2 War Diary for Monday, March 20, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: First Ukrainian Front captures Vinnitsa on river Bug. Southeast Asia Burma: Chinese and American secure Hukawng Valley. Sea
World War One Diary for Thursday, March 20, 1919: France: The ‘Big Five’ discuss Near East with Allenby, who is made Egypt Special High Commissioner (March 21) and returns there
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, March 19, 1944: Home Fronts Hungary: GERMAN OCCUPATION OF HUNGARY (Operation Panzerfaust), to forestall Hungarian attempts to make separate peace with Western Allies; Prime Minister
World War One Diary for Wednesday, March 19, 1919: France – Peace Process: German Navy to be limited to 36 ships. Supreme War Council orders Poles and Ruthenians to stop
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, March 18, 1944: Home Fronts Italy: Eruptions from Mt Vesuvius; 2 villages engulfed by lava; 26 killed (March 18-22). Hungary: Regent Horthy visits Hitler to
World War One Diary for Tuesday, March 18, 1919: Baltic States: Goltz’s Latvians and German troops retake Mitau, find many hostages massacred by Reds in citadel, but offensive halts on
WW2 War Diary for Friday, March 17, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: NZ troops take Cassino railway station. Sea War Mediterranean: U-boat U-371 sinks US troopship Dempo (498 killed). Politics Finland: Government
World War One Diary for Monday, March 17, 1919: France – Peace Process: Baltic States and Ukraine demand recognition. Baltic States: German troops take Bausk from the Reds, Latvia. North