Diary February 22, 1941
Diary for Saturday, February 22, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: German battle cruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst scatter convoy east of Newfoundland and sink 5 ships. Air War Ju 87 Stukas cripple […]
War Diary
Diary February 21, 1916
Diary for Monday, February 21, 1916: Western Front BATTLE OF VERDUN BEGINS (until December 18): From 0715 hours violent 9-hour artillery preparation by 1,240 guns (including 150 mortars) on 8-mile
Diary February 21, 1941
Diary for Friday, February 21, 1941: Home Fronts Canada: Sir Frederick Banting, discoverer of insulin treatment for diabetics and Nobel Prize winner, killed in air crash whilst flying to England;
Diary February 20, 1916
Diary for Sunday, February 20, 1916: Air War Western Front: 34 Anglo-German air combats (7 on February 24). Britain: 4 German seaplanes drop 25 bombs on Walmer and Lowestoft, 2
Diary February 20, 1941
Diary for Thursday, February 20, 1941: East Africa South Africans cross river Juba in Italian-Somaliland.
Diary February 19, 1916
Diary for Saturday, February 19, 1916: African Fronts East Africa: Smuts reaches Mombasa and assumes command, forms Lake Force and reaches Nairobi on February 23. Kitchener approves his offensive on
Diary February 19, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, February 19, 1941: Air War Britain: First of 3 consecutive night raids on Swansea.
Diary February 18, 1916
Diary for Friday, February 18, 1916: Air War Austria – First long-distance Italian bombing raid: Caproni bombers drop almost 4,000 lb bombs on Laibach in retaliation for Austrian raid on
Diary February 18, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, February 18, 1941: Politics Amicable settlement of Anglo-Swiss dispute over British bombing raids on Basle and Zürich in December, 1940.
Diary February 17, 1916
Diary for Thursday, February 17, 1916: Middle East Mesopotamia: King George V message of encouragement to Kut. Armenia: Siberian Cossacks and infantry take 5,000 PoWs and 42 guns in pursuit
Diary February 17, 1941
Diary for Monday, February 17, 1941: Politics Japan offers its services as mediator to end all current wars and blames Britain and USA for prolongation of European War.
Diary February 16, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, February 16, 1916: Middle East Armenia: Yudenich captures Erzerum, many Arabs desert Turks, who have lost 15,000 men including 5,000 PoWs and 327 guns against 9,000 Russian
Diary February 16, 1941
Diary for Sunday, February 16, 1941: Air War South African aircraft dive-bomb Italian positions on East bank of river Juba, in Southern Italian Somaliland.
Diary February 15, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, February 15, 1916: Air War Western Front: Ball joins No 13 Squadron (BE2c artillery spotters). Middle East Persia: Anglo-Bakhtiari agreement for oilfield protection. Neutrals USA: Senator Root
Diary February 15, 1941
Diary for Saturday, February 15, 1941: Neutrals USA: Roosevelt sends James B. Conant, President of Harvard University, to Britain to exchange views on war technology. Air War Home-based RAF aircraft
Diary February 14, 1916
Diary for Monday, February 14, 1916: Western Front Flanders: German attacks take 600 yards of trench north of Ypres canal, south of Ypres-Comines railway and near Saint-Eloi. British 17th Division
Diary February 14, 1941
Diary for Friday, February 14, 1941: North Africa Advanced elements of German Afrika Korps arrive at Tripoli. Politics Britain severs diplomatic relations with Rumania.
Diary February 13, 1916
Diary for Sunday, February 13, 1916: Southern Fronts Albania: Bulgar First Army takes Elbasan. Western Front Champagne: German success between Tahure and Somme-py; French counterattacks fail on February 14-16. Vosges:
Diary February 13, 1941
Diary for Thursday, February 13, 1941: Sea War Operation Composition: Albacore biplanes from British carrier Formidable raid shipping at Massawa (Italian East Africa). Politics General Franco (Spain) meets Petain (Vichy
Diary February 12, 1916
Diary for Saturday, February 12, 1916: African Fronts East Africa – Action at Salaita Hill (8 miles from Taveta): Major Kraut’s 1,320 German soldiers (43 casualties) repulse Malleson‘s 6,000 British
