Diary November 8, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, November 8, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: Abortive combined operation by U-boats and Condor aircraft west of Portugal (night November 8-9). RAF B-17 Fortress from Azores […]
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Diary November 8, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, November 8, 1918: Western Front France: GERMAN ARMISTICE DELEGATION led by Erzberger SEES FOCH at 0900 hours, refer terms to Berlin 1300 hours. GERMAN
Diary November 7, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 7, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: British 8th Army reaches river Sangro.
Diary November 7, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, November 7, 1918: Politics Germany: BAVARIA DECLARED REPUBLIC by Prussian Jew Kurt Eisner at Munich as King Ludwig III flees into Austria (formally deposed
Diary November 6, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, November 6, 1943: Eastern Front Southern sector: RUSSIANS CAPTURE KIEV. Sea War Pacific: Japanese reinforcements land on Bougainville. Mediterranean: Troopships Marnix van St Aldegonde and
Diary November 6, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, November 6, 1918: Western Front Meuse – US 1st DIVISION REACHES SEDAN: traffic halted on key Mezieres-Montmedy railway; only line to Western Front still
Diary November 5, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 5, 1943: Sea War Pacific: 6 Japanese cruisers damaged by US carrier planes at Rabaul. Atlantic: Captain Walker’s 2nd Support Group saves Convoy HX.264
Diary November 5, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, November 5, 1918: Western Front Sambre – Pursuit after Battle of the Sambre begins: BEF Fourth, Third and First Armies engaged; Mormal Forest cleared.
Diary November 4, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, November 4, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: American troops cross upper Volturno River. Air War Germany: 527 RAF bombers attacking Duesseldorf and dropping 2,234t of bombs.
Diary November 4, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, November 4, 1918: Sea War Baltic: Enraged by ‘Karlstrasse Bloodbath’ thousands of sailors, 20,000 garrison troops and workers join Kiel mutiny. Crew of battleship
Diary November 3, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 3, 1943: Air War Germany: 500 B-17 Fortress and 100 B-24 Liberator bombers, heavily escorted by P-38 Lightning and P-47 Thunderbolt escort-fighters, bomb Wilhelmshaven
Diary November 3, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, November 3, 1918: Southern Fronts Italian Front: AUSTRIAN ARMISTICE SIGNED AT 1800 HOURS by Generals Weber and Badoglio at Diaz’s Villa Giusti headquarter near
Diary November 2, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 2, 1943: Sea War North Sea: British blockade-runner Master Standfast – 1 of 5 fast boats plying between Hull and Lysekil (Sweden) – captured
Diary November 2, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, November 2, 1918: Southern Fronts Italy: Allied Supreme War Council approves plan (until November 4) for up to 40 Italian divisions (including 5 British
Diary November 1, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, November 1, 1943: Sea War Pacific – Operation Cherry Blossom: AMERICAN MARINES LAND ON BOUGAINVILLE, largest Solomons Island. Warships and carrier planes bombard Buka airfield.
Diary November 1, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, November 1, 1918: Western Front France: FOCH’S PLAN FOR FINAL PHASE OF GENERAL OFFENSIVE (until November 11): major thrusts by BEF in North and
Diary October 31, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 31, 1943: Sea War Merchant shipping losses in October 1943: 13 Allied ships with 61,085 tons in Atlantic, 16 Allied ships with 78,776 tons
Diary October 31, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, October 31, 1918: Southern Fronts Piave: Italian Fourth and Sixth Armies occupy empty Austrian Grappa and Asiago lines, by 1700 hours 2 Alpini battalions
Diary October 30, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 30, 1943: Eastern Front Southern sector: Russians now control several bridgeheads on right bank of Lower Dnieper, together with entire left bank, except for
Diary October 30, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, October 30, 1918: Southern Fronts Piave: Italian Firenze lancers and Bersaglieri cyclists enter Vittorio Veneto (old Austrian Sixth Army headquarter). Third Army storms Lower
