Diary September 19, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 19, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: 20 U-boats deployed against convoys ON.202 and ONS.18 (September 19-23). Germans claim outstanding successes with acoustic torpedoes against escorting […]
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Diary September 19, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, September 19, 1918: Middle East Palestine – BATTLES OF MEGIDDO (until September 25): Bulfin’s XXI Corps (35,000 men) advances from 0430 hours behind 385-gun
Diary September 18, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 18, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: 5th Army captures Battipaglia. Germans retreat from Salerno bridgehead. Sea War Atlantic: RESUMPTION OF ‘WOLF-PACK’ OPERATIONS AGAINST CONVOYS following re-equipment
Diary September 18, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, September 18, 1918: Western Front Germany: Ludendorff warns Admiral Scheer of plans for abandoning Flanders coast. Somme – Battle of Epehy: British Third and
Diary September 17, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 17, 1943: Eastern Front Central Sector: BRYANSK CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS. Mediterranean Italy: Patrols of Allied 5th and 8th Armies link up near Agropoli, south
Diary September 17, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, Septenber 17, 1918: Southern Fronts Macedonia: Franco-Serb breakthrough now 6 miles deep and 20 miles wide. General Ruser orders his Bulgar 2nd Division to
Diary September 16, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 16, 1943: Occupied Territories Yugoslavia: Split occupied by Tito’s Partisans (recaptured by Germans, September 28). Italy: Suicide of Marshal Cavallero, ex-Chief of Italian General
Diary September 16, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, September 16, 1918: Sea War Channel: Monitor HMS Glatton scuttled at Dover following magazine explosion and fire. Coastal submarine UB-103, sighted by British blimp
Diary September 15, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 15, 1943: Home Fronts Italy: Mussolini re-establishes Fascist regime in North Italy – along ‘National Socialist’ lines, as the ‘Italian Social Republic’ (Repubblica Sociale
Diary September 15, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, September 15, 1918: Southern Fronts Macedonia: At 0530 hours 36,000 Serb, French and Italian infantry attack 12,000 Bulgars and Germans, capture Mt Vetrenik (4,725ft),
Diary September 14, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 14, 1943: Sea War Indian Ocean: U-boat group Monsun (‘Monsoon’) begins operations; 6 ships sunk during October. All except U-533 (lost) then go to
Diary September 14, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, September 14, 1918: Middle East Azerbaijan – Turks capture Baku: 8-10 battalions capture Wolfs Gate. Dunsterforce evacuation ordered at 2000 hours after 180 casualties
Diary September 13, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 13, 1943: Medierranean Italy: Panzers counter-attack and seriously threaten Salerno bridgehead (September 13-14). Allied naval and air forces bombard advancing Germans ’round-the-clock’. Home Fronts
Diary September 13, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, September 13, 1918: Western Front Meuse – St Mihiel: Pershing takes 13,000 PoWs and 200 guns as salient closed at Vigneulles by 0600 hours
Diary September 12, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 12, 1943: Secret War Italy: MUSSOLINI RESCUED by Skorzeny and SS detachment from Gran Sasso in Abruzzi Mountains. Ex-Duce flown out in Storch aircraft.
Diary September 12, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, September 12, 1918: Western Front Meuse – BATTLE OF ST MIHIEL (until September 16): After 4-hour barrage from 0100 hours by 3,010 guns, 216,000
Diary September 11, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 11, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: Do 217s of KG 100 (formerly KGr 100) commence series of attacks on Allied fleet off Salerno, using Fritz
Diary September 11, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, September 11, 1918: Western Front France: Belgian King Albert meets Foch at Bombon and agrees to lead Allied Flanders offensive. Cambrai: German counter-attacks at
Diary September 10, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 10, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: British capture Salerno. Germans occupy Rome and disarm Italian armed forces in the North. Sea War Mediterranean: Huge crowds watch
Diary September 10, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, September 10, 1918: Home Fronts Germany: Kaiser addresses 1500 Krupp workers on only visit to Essen Gusstahlfabrik and gets no response. Eastern Front Volga:
