Diary February 12, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, February 12, 1941: North Africa Rommel, commanding general of the new German Afrika Korps, arrives at Tripoli. Sea War Atlantic: German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper sinks 7 […]
War Diary
Diary February 11, 1916
Diary for Friday, February 11, 1916: Home Fronts Britain: BEF GHQ orders 40 Mk I tanks, Lieutenant-Colonel Swinton increases order to 100 (appointed commander of Machine-Gun Corps unit for crews
Diary February 11, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, February 11, 1941: Neutrals USA: Wendell Willkie urges rapid increase in US aid to Britain. Sea War British destroyers bombard Ostend docks.
Diary February 10, 1916
Diary for Thursday, February 10, 1916: Air War Britain: Air defence responsibilities reallocated: demarcation line fixed at the coast; Army/RFC supplant RN/RNAS inland. Army to ‘also provide the aeroplanes required
Diary February 10, 1941
Diary for Monday, February 10, 1941: Air War Europe: 189 RAF bombers raid Hanover (night February 10-11). Short Stirling four-engined bombers on first operation: three aircraft of No.7 Squadron attack
Diary February 9, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, February 9, 1916: Air War Britain: 2 German seaplanes from Zeebrugge drop 13 bombs on Broadstairs and Ramsgate (3 wounded); 18 defending aircraft ascend. Eastern Front Pripet
Diary February 9, 1941
Diary for Sunday, February 9, 1941: North Africa Wavell‘s forces reach El Agheila, 160 miles southwest of Benghazi. Sea War Mediterranean – Bombardment of Genoa: Battleships HMS Renown, Malaya and
Diary February 8, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, February 8, 1916: Sea War Eastern Mediterranean: French cruiser Admiral Chamer (374 drowned, only 1 survivor) sunk in 4 minutes by U21 (Hersing) off Beirut, but otherwise
Diary February 8, 1941
Diary for Saturday, February 8, 1941: Home Front Britain: Lord Moyne appointed Colonial Secretary; Ernest Brown, Minister of Health.
Diary February 7, 1916
Diary for Monday, February 7, 1916: Air War Western Front: No 24 Squadron (Major Hawker, VC) first RFC single-seater fighter squadron reaches France (No 29 on March 25; No 32
Diary February 7, 1941
Diary for Friday, February 7, 1941: North Africa BRITISH CAPTURE BENGHAZI. Italians surrender to Wavell‘s forces. Free French under Leclerc with air support besiege Kufra Oasis, important Italian garrison town
Diary February 6, 1916
Diary for Sunday, February 6, 1916: Air War Western Front: Immelmann flies 3-gun Fokker E IV in combat. Western Front Somme: French attacks on Vache Wood and Signal (Frise), recaptured
Diary February 6, 1941
Diary for Thursday, February 6, 1941: Politics J G Winant to succeed Joseph Kennedy as US Ambassador in London.
Diary February 5, 1916
Diary for Saturday, February 5, 1916: Western Front BEF Fourth Army (Rawlinson) formed. Middle East Mesopotamia: Turks begin redoubts east of Kut. Armenia: Black Sea squadron aids General Lyakov to
Diary February 5, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, February 5, 1941: North Africa BATTLE OF BEDA FOMM: encircled Italian forces make desperate efforts to escape from British 7th Armoured Division and Australian infantry, south of
Diary February 4, 1916
Diary for Friday, February 4, 1916: Sea War Black Sea: Goeben carries Turk troops to Trebizond (until January 7). Middle East Mesopotamia: New Kut relief plan approved. African Fronts South
Diary February 4, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, February 4, 1941: North Africa British 7th Armoured Division launches outflanking movement across desert southeast of Benghazi.
Diary February 3, 1916
Diary for Thursday, February 3, 1916: Air War Western Front: Future French ‘ace’ Guynemer destroys 2 LVGs (his 4th and 5th victories) above Roye, is commissioned to 2nd Lieutenant in
Diary February 3, 1941
Diary for Monday, February 3, 1941: East Africa Battle of Keren: Italians surprise British by holding this mountain stronghold for eight weeks. (Italians retreat March 27)
Diary February 2, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, February 2, 1916: Secret War Britain: Kitchener calls ‘Mother’ tank ‘a pretty mechanical toy’ on seeing trials with Lloyd George, but reports to War committee following day
