Diary for Wednesday, February 7, 1940: Sea War Atlantic: Irish passenger-mail ship Munster sunk by mine in Irish Sea. Home Fronts Britain: IRA men, Barnes and Richards, executed at Winson […]
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Diary for Sunday, February 7, 1915: Eastern Front East Prussia – Winter Battle of Masuria (until February 22): Hindenburg offensive in Kaiser’s presence, takes Johannisburg next day but snow hampers.
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Diary for Tuesday, February 6, 1940: Home Front Britain: four people injured by IRA parcel bombs at Euston Station, London.
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Diary for Saturday, February 6, 1915: Western Front Flanders: British counter-mine two German sap-heads south of La Bassee Canal. Somme: ÂGermans detonate 3 mines in La Bolsselle. Eastern Front Bukovina:
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Diary for Tuesday, February 6, 1945: Russian Front Konev crosses the river Oder and lays siege to Breslau: hundreds of thousands of panic-stricken German civilians flee westwards, many into ‘safe’
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Diary for Friday, February 5, 1915: Air War Western Front: French pilot Pegoud in Morane ‘L’ scores 3 victories in single action: 2 German aircraft shot down, 3rd forced to
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Diary for Monday, February 5, 1945: Western Front Alsace: Colmar Pocket cut in two as US and French troops link up. Air War Germany: 238 RAF bombers attacking Bonn. 589
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Diary for Monday, February 5, 1940: Neutrals Holland: C-in-C General Reynders resigns over question of Dutch military preparedness. Sea War US Maritime Commission announces that Britain and France are buying
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Diary for Sunday, February 4, 1945: Politics YALTA CONFERENCE (‘Magneto’): Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet in Crimea. Latter succeeds in winning big concessions from ailing US President, including free hand
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Diary for Thursday, February 4, 1915: Sea War UNRESTRICTED U-BOAT WAR. Germany declares ‘War Zone’ around British Islands as from February 18. All vessels including neutrals liable to be sunk
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Diary for Sunday, February 4, 1940: Air War Finland: Russian bombers attacking 141 targets (towns, rail junctions, harbors) over weekend February 3-4, dropping approx. 6,800 bombs. Finnish casualties 193 (14
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Diary for Wednesday, February 3, 1915: Middle East Egypt: 12,000 Turks try to cross Suez Canal until next day at 3 points; only 3 pontoons (c. 60 men) cross. Repulsed
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Diary for Friday, February 3, 1940: Air War 20 Heinkel He 111‘s (3 lost) attack ships (2 sunk) off British East Coast.
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Diary for Saturday, February 3, 1945: Air War Germany: 937 B-17 Fortress, escorted by 900 fighters (24 planes lost), RAID BERLIN setting fire to 5 sq km in central districts
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Diary for Friday, February 2, 1945: Western Front Alsac: French and Americans enter Colmar.
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Diary for Tuesday, February 2, 1915: Western Front Champagne: General Brulard of French 2nd Division reports: ‘First line units … stand knee-deep in water’; offensive postponed until reliefs arrive. Eastern
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Diary for Friday, February 2, 1940: Politics Balkan Entente Conference at Belgrade: Neutrals Yugoslavia, Greece, Romania and Turkey proclaim common interests in maintenance of peace in southeast Europe and renew
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Diary for Monday, February 1, 1915 Home Fronts Germany: ÂChancellor agrees to unreÂstricted U-boat war advocated by Chief of Naval Staff Pohl. Bread and flour raÂtioning in Berlin, 4.14lb (1.88
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Diary Thursday, February 1, 1940 Finland Winter War – Second battle of Summa: Russian 7th Army batters key sector of Mannerheim Line near village of Summa, with waves of tanks
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Diary for Thursday, February 1, 1945 Russian Front Poland: Rokossovsky captures Torun after 6-day siege. Western Front Alsace: US 7th Army crosses river Moder.
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