Diary October 9, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 9, 1943: Air War Germany: 8th USAAF raids Gdynia, Anklam an Marienburg with 378 bombers. 457 RAF bombers attacking Hannover and dropping 1,667t of […]
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Diary October 9, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, October 9, 1918: Western Front Cambrai – HINDENBURG LINE COMPLETELY BROKEN: Canadians enter Cambrai, link with Third Army, begin BEF pursuit to the Selle
Diary October 8, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 8, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: 5th US Army takes Caserta. Sea War Black Sea: 240 German barges, Siebel Ferries, etc. – used in Kuban evacuation
Diary October 8, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, October 8, 1918: Western Front Somme and Cambrai – SECOND BATTLE OF CAMBRAI (until October 9): British Third, Fourth and First (takes Fresnoy-Rouvroy line
Diary October 7, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 7, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: US 5th Army enters Capua, on river Volturno, 32 km north of Naples. Eastern Front Central Sector: Russians capture Nevel,
Diary October 7, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, October 7, 1918: Western Front France: Supreme War Council learns new German Chancellor has approached President Wilson with request for armistice. Aisne: French troops
Diary October 6, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 6, 1943: Sea War Black Sea: 3 Russian destroyers sunk by Stukas. Stalin imposes strict curbs on subsequent operations by Black Sea Fleet. Pacific:
Diary October 6, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, October 6, 1918: Middle East Syria: DMC occupies Rayak and Zahle (177 PoWs), 30 burnt planes at former. Eastern Front USSR: British Petrograd officials
Diary October 5, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 5, 1943: Air War Eastern Front: Stuka units re-designated Schlachtgeschwader and restricted to low-level night ground-attack duties. Sea War Atlantic: U-boat U-389 sunk by
Diary October 5, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, October 5, 1918: Western Front Somme and Cambrai: British 25th Division (Fourth Army) with 6 tanks captures Beaurevoir; Germans retire from Scheldt Canal. Kaiser
Diary October 4, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 4, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: Planes from US carrier Card sink ‘U-tanker’ U-460 and U-boat U-422 and damage U-264 near Azores. Passing convoy escapes
Diary October 4, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, October 4, 1918: Western Front France: Allies announce capture of 254,012 PoWs; 3,669 guns; 23,000 MGs between July 15 and September 30. Meuse and
Diary October 3, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 3, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean: Operation Eisbaer (‘Polar bear’). Germans land on Kos (Aegean), capturing 1,388 British and 3,145 Italians. Far East China: New
Diary October 3, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, October 3, 1918: Western Front Somme and Cambrai – BATTLE OF BEAUREVOIR LINE (until October 5): British Fourth and Third Armies attack on 8-mile
Diary October 2, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 2, 1943: Eastern Front Central Sector: Great Russian Smolensk offensive grinds to a stop, midway between that city and Vitebsk-Orsha. Mediterranean Italy: 5th US
Diary October 2, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, October 2, 1918: Western Front Germany: Bussche briefs Reichstag party leaders: sustained Allied attacks on whole Western Front make formation of reserves impossible; OHL
Diary October 1, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 1, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: Allied 5th Army enters Naples. Politics USSR: Harriman appointed US Ambassador in Moscow.
Diary October 1, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, October 1, 1918: Middle East Syria: FALL OF DAMASCUS (population c.250,000). 3rd ALH Brigade enters before 0630 hours, Lawrence and Arabs at 0730 hours;
Diary September 30, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 30, 1943: Eastern Front Siege of Leningrad: 11,394 shells fall on city in September, killing 124 and wounding 468. Home Fronts Italy: Badoglio forms
Diary September 30, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, September 30, 1918: Western Front Flanders: British troops 2 miles away from Menin. Cambrai: British in Cambrai outskirts; six villages captured. German incendiarists at
