Diary August 20, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 20, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: US medium bombers raid Benevento marshalling yards, north of Naples. Home Fronts Finland: Peace petition handed to Prime Minister […]
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Diary August 20, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, August 20, 1918: Southern Fronts Albania – Austrian counter-offensive (until August 26): Colonel-General Pflanzer-Baltin flown in to command XIX Corps including fresh 45th Division
Diary August 19, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 19, 1943: Pacific New Guinea: Australian troops capture Mt Tambu; Japanese retreat to river Francisco (August 19-26). Air War Mediterranean: B-17 Fortress, B-24 Liberators
Diary August 19, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, August 19, 1918: Western Front Aisne: French troops capture Le Hamel. Somme: French First Army takes over Canadian Corps line; latter transferred to British
Diary August 18, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, August 18, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean: British submarine Saracen sunk by Italian corvette Minerva off Bastia. Politics Portugal: Anglo-Portuguese Agreement on establishment of air bases
Diary August 18, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, August 18, 1918: Western Front Flanders: British Second Army (671 casualties) advance between Vieux Berquin and Bailleul takes 697 PoWs including Fifth Army 5-mile
Diary August 17, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 17, 1943: Air War Germany – FIRST SCHWEINFURT RAID: 230 8th USAAF B-17 Fortress bomb ball-bearing works at Schweinfurt and 146 B-17s bomb Regensburg;
Diary August 17, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, August 17, 1918: Western Front Mangin’s Tenth Army (1,138 guns) gains c.2000 yards between rivers Oise and Aisne with over 2,000 PoWs (until August
Diary August 16, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, August 16, 1943: Home Fronts Italy: Anti-Fascist parties issue joint demand for peace and release of political prisoners. Pacific New Guinea: Australian and American troops
Diary August 16, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, August 16, 1918: Air War Western Front: 65 Allied fighters attack La Bassee fighter base. New German Fokker DVIII (EV) parasol monoplane fighter (Jasta
Diary August 15, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, August 15, 1943: Mediterranean Sicily: Allies capture Milazzo and Taormina and threaten Axis rearguard around Messina from west and south. Air War Britain: 90-plane raid
Diary August 15, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, August 15, 1918: Western Front Somme: BEF recrosses the Ancre (for last time). Canadian Corps actions around Damery (until August 17, repulse counter-attack on
Diary August 14, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 14, 1943: Politics Canada – FIRST QUEBEC CONFERENCE (‘Quadrant’): Churchill and Roosevelt decide to launch cross-Channel invasion (Overlord), May 1, 1944 employing artificial harbours
Diary August 14, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, August 14, 1918: Western Front Germany: Crown Council decides victory in the field now most improbable. LUDENDORFF RECOMMENDS IMMEDIATE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. Somme: Germans evacuating
Diary August 13, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 13, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean: Convoy MKS.21 attacked by He 111 torpedo planes of KG 26. Germans claim devastating results, but only 2 ships
Diary August 13, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, August 13, 1918: Eastern Front Volga: Stalin declares state of siege at Tsaritsyn, bourgeoisie to dig trenches. East Siberia: Czech General Dieterichs appeals for
Diary August 12, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 12, 1943: Air War Germany: 330 heavy bombers of 8th AF (25 lost) despatched to the Ruhr and Bonn. Strong defences, thick cloud and
Diary August 12, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, August 12, 1918: Western Front Germany: Kaiser relieves Crown Princes William and Rupprecht of Ninth, Eighteenth and Second Armies, all heavily engaged at Amiens
Diary August 11, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, August 11, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: German forces in Kharkov face threat of encirclement; Poltava-Kharkov railway cut in 3 places, west of city. Sea
Diary August 11, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, August 11, 1918: Western Front Germany: Although counter-attack now stabilizing Amiens-Montdidier line, Ludendorff offers resignation to Kaiser who refuses but replies ‘… we must
