Diary October 19, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 19, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: B-25 Mitchell bombers and Beaufighters attack convoys north of Crete (October 19 and 20). German prison ship Sinfra sunk […]
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Diary October 19, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, October 19, 1918: Western Front France: FOCH’S LAST GENERAL DIRECTIVE to his 14 armies. Britain: Haig visits CIGS and War Cabinet in London, considers
Diary October 18, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 18, 1943: Air War Germany: 349 RAF bombers attacking Hannover (night October 18-19) and dropping 1,697t of bombs. Home Fronts Germany: Hitler confers with
Diary October 18, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, October 18, 1918: Western Front Serre: Mangin’s French Tenth Army wins final victory breaking Hunding line astride river Serre (Czechs in action on October
Diary October 17, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 17, 1943: Sea War Pacific: German disguised raider Michel sunk off Yokohama by US submarine Tarpon. Exchange of Japanese and Allied civilian internees aboard
Diary October 17, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, October 17, 1918: Politics Austria: Czechs proclaim Republic at Prague (Council in Paris declares formal independence on October 18); Hungarian Parliament declares independence except
Diary October 16, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 16, 1943: Occupied Territories Yugoslavia: Sixth German offensive against Tito’s Partisans in Bosnia (ends inconclusively, mid-January 1944). Eastern Front Southern Sector: Fierce fighting in
Diary October 16, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, October 16, 1918: Western Front Flanders: Last German shelling of Dunkirk. Corporal Hitler (16th Bavarian Reserve Regiment) wounded by BEF gas shell (evacuated half-blinded
Diary October 15, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 15, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: British 8th Army captures Campobasso and Vinchiaturo – important road junctions south of Rome and the Gustav Line.
Diary October 15, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, October 15, 1918: Western Front Germany: Since September 26, 43 German reserve divisions committed. Flanders: British 34th Division return to Menin as to south
Diary October 14, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 14, 1943: Air War Germany – SECOND SCHWEINFURT RAID (‘Black Thursday’): 291 B-17 Fortress bombers despatched; 228 drop 483 t bombs on target. 60
Diary October 14, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, October 14, 1918: Western Front Flanders – BATTLE OF COURTRAI (until October 19): BEF Second Army (16 divisions) and Franco-Belgian troops renew offensive at
Diary October 13, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 13, 1943: Politics Italy: Badoglio Government in Southern Italy declares war on Germany. She is not regarded as a full Ally and is classed
Diary October 13, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, October 13, 1918: Western Front Aisne: French Tenth Army enters Laon (population 10,000) after 11-mile advance in 36 hours, presses north to river Serre,
Diary October 12, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 12, 1943: Mediterranean Italy – BATTLE OF VOLTURNO RIVER (October 12-19): Allied land attack followed by sea-borne operation (October 13). Air War Pacific: 350
Diary October 12, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, October 12, 1918: Western Front Germany: Hindenburg warns troops that favourable armistice terms depend on.successful resitance. OHL sanctions Sixth Army retirement (begins early October
Diary October 11, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 11, 1943: Air War Southeast Asia: Japanese bomb Madras (India).
Diary October 11, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, October 11, 1918: Western Front GERMANS forced by pressure on flanks into GENERAL WITHDRAWAL between rivers Oise and Meuse to Hunding-Brunhild line. Flanders: German
Diary October 10, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 10, 1943: Occupied Territories Russia: Hitler orders transfer of all Russian volunteers serving in the Wehrmacht to Western Europe. Air War Germany: 236 USAAF
Diary October 10, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, October 10, 1918: Western Front France – FOCH’S ORDERS FOR FINAL ALLIED ADVANCES: Belgians advance on Bruges, BEF upon Maubeuge and Mons, and Franco-Americans
