Diary March 3, 1916
Diary for Friday, March 3, 1916: Western Front Verdun: French success at Douaumont (and on March 7). Middle East Armenia: General Abatsiev’s 10,000 men capture Bitlis after surprise night bayonet […]
War Diary
Diary March 3, 1941
Diary for Monday, March 3, 1941: Air War Italians bomb earthquake-stricken town of Larissa. RAF Hurricanes destroy 5 Cant bombers (probably returning from Larissa) over Corfu. Politics Russia denounces Bulgarian
Diary March 2, 1916
Diary for Thursday, March 2, 1916: Western Front Flanders: British 17th Division retake positions lost on February 14 north of Ypres-Comines Canal. BEF Fourth Army relieve French Tenth Army (15-mile
Diary March 2, 1941
Diary for Sunday, March 2, 1941: North Africa Tripoli propaganda military parade of the Afrika Korps. Air War BOAC begin regular, clandestine, night flights between Northern Scotland and Stockholm, using
Diary March 1, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, March 1, 1916: Air War France: Only Royal Flying Corps Martinsyde G.100 (nicknamed the Elephant) unit arrives, No 27 Squadron. Britain: Two hit-and-run raids on East Kent
Diary March 1, 1941
Diary for Saturday, March 1, 1941: Politics BULGARIA JOINS THE AXIS. German troops enter Sofia. see also: Bulgarian Armed Forces Air War Europe: 100 RAF bombers raid Cologne (night March
Diary February 29, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, February 29, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Bloody struggle round Fresnes and salient. Falkenhayn finally agrees to attack on west bank of Meuse, releases 4 divisions and 84
Diary February 28, 1916
Diary for Monday, February 28, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Sudden thaw after long cold spell turns battlefield into a sea of mud but Voie Sacree kept open with gravel by
Diary February 28, 1941
Diary for Friday, February 28, 1941: Air War The Blitz in February 1941: 789 dead and 1,068 seriously wounded British civilian casualties. Blenheim bombers and single-engined Wellesleys bomb Asmara (Eritrea).
Diary February 27, 1916
Diary for Sunday, February 27, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Petain reorganizes defences, halts withdrawal from Woevre. French retake La Feuille wood (night 27/28), defend Soupple village and d’Eix-Abaucourt station. On
Diary February 27, 1941
Diary for Thursday, February 27, 1941: Sea War Italian armed merchant raider Ramb I (3,700 t.) catches fire and blows up during engagement with RNZN cruiser Leander off the Maldives.
Diary February 26, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, February 26, 1941: Air War 60 German bombers and Ju 87 Stukas (7 lost) with fighter escort, raid airfields on Malta, destroying or damaging 13 Wellington bombers
Diary February 26, 1916
Diary for Saturday, February 26, 1916: Western Front Verdun: GQG admits loss of Ft Douaumont. Recapture attempt fails. Petain orders ‘… retake immediately any piece of land taken by the
Diary February 25, 1916
Diary for Friday, February 25, 1916: Home Fronts French Army orders 400 Schneider tanks by November 25, 1916. Western Front Verdun: Castelnau arrives at 0700 hours. Germans take Louvemont, but
Diary February 25, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, February 25, 1941: Sea War Italian fast cruiser Armando Diaz sunk by British sub Upright in Mediterranean. Escort destroyer Exmoor sunk by German E-boat off Lowestoft. East
Diary February 24, 1916
Diary for Thursday, February 24, 1916: Western Front Verdun: French artillery counter-bombard. Germans take Samogneux (fighting all day), Hill 344, Beaumont Fosses wood and Chaume with 10,000 PoWs (now total
Diary February 24, 1941
Diary for Monday, February 24, 1941: North Africa First skirmish between British and Afrika Korps patrols on coast road west of El Agheila. Vichy France Admiral Darlan forms Cabinet. Air
Diary February 23, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, February 23, 1916: Western Front Verdun: French abandon Brabant-sur-Meuse; counterattack without success south of Caures wood and at Wavrille. By end of day Germans also occupy Herbebuis
Diary February 23, 1941
Diary for Sunday, February 23, 1941: Home Fronts Italy: Mussolini speaks at Fascist rally in Adriano Theatre, Rome: ‘We shall fight to the last drop of our blood.’ He attempts
Diary February 22, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, February 22, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Despite French counter-attacks (2,350 casualties), Germans develop gains of February 21 to win Brabant-sur-Meuse woods, all Caures wood (Colonel Driant killed,
