World War One Diary for Friday, January 19, 1917: Home Fronts Britain: Silvertown (East London) munitions factory explosion (69 killed, 400 injured), heard in Salisbury, Wilts. Middle East Mesopotamia: 3rd […]
Diary January 19, 1917 read more »
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 18, 1942: Air War Eastern Front: Russian parachute brigade and airborne regiment land behind German lines south of Vyazma (January 18-24). Eastern Front On
Diary January 18, 1942 read more »
World War One Diary for Thursday, January 18, 1917: Sea War Channel: UC-18 torpedoes Royal Navy destroyer Ferret, but latter survives to be converted to a minelayer. South Atlantic: Raider
Diary January 18, 1917 read more »
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 17, 1942: Air War China: American Volunteer Group led by General Chennault claims to have destroyed 90 Japanese planes over southwest China and Burma
Diary January 17, 1942 read more »
World War One Diary for Wednesday, January 17, 1917: Western Front Somme: British troops capture German posts on 600-yard front north of Beaucourt-sur-Ancre and repulse four counter-attacks until February 4.
Diary January 17, 1917 read more »
WW2 War Diary for Friday, January 16, 1942: Home Fronts Russia: Russian High Command publishes contents of document found at Klin, northwest of Moscow and signed by F.M. von Reichenau,
Diary January 16, 1942 read more »
World War One Diary for Tuesday, January 16, 1917: Air War Western Front: Richthofen awarded Pour le Merite. African Fronts East Africa: NRFF takes Malawis bridge over river Ruhudje. Kilwa
Diary January 16, 1917 read more »
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, January 15, 1942: Eastern Front Central sector: Russians troops recapture Selijarovo, northwest of Rzhev. Politics Pan-American Conference (January 15-23): Argentina objects to American proposal that
Diary January 15, 1942 read more »
World War One Diary for Monday, January 15, 1917: Western Front Britain: New French Western Front commander Nivelle in London until January 16 expands his plan and wins British cabinet
Diary January 15, 1917 read more »
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, January 14, 1942: Eastern Front Southern sector: Russian armoured spearheads only 13 km from Kharkov. Central sector: Russian troops recapture Medya, west of Maloyaroslavets. Sea
Diary January 14, 1942 read more »
World War One Diary for Sunday, January 14, 1917: Sea War Channel: Q-ship Penshurst makes her second kill, coastal submarine UB-37. North Sea: Beatty concentrates Grand Fleet for wide sweep
Diary January 14, 1917 read more »
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, January 13, 1942: Eastern Front Russians now in complete control of railway from Maloyaroslavets south to Kaluga. Russians recapture Kirov, southeast of Smolensk, and Dorokhovo,
Diary January 13, 1942 read more »
World War One Diary for Saturday, January 13, 1917: Eastern Front Rumania – Battle of Pralea (until January 18): Rumanians hold Susitza valley. Middle East Arabia: Abdulla’s 5,000 Arabs capture
Diary January 13, 1917 read more »
WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 12, 1942: Sea War Mediterranean: U-boat U-374 sunk by British submarine Unbeaten off Catania (Sicily). Politics Japan: Government declares war on Netherlands East Indies.
Diary January 12, 1942 read more »
World War One Diary for Friday, January 12, 1917: Eastern Front Rumania: Mackensen‘s Turkish troops take Mihalea on river Sereth northwest of Braila, he takes Vadeni 10 miles northwest on
Diary January 12, 1917 read more »
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 11, 1942: Southeast Asia Malaya: Japanese take Kuala Lumpur. Eastern Front Russians recapture Liudinovo, southwest of Kaluga, Tikhonovo Pustyn railway junction, northwest of Kaluga
Diary January 11, 1942 read more »
World War One Diary for Thursday, January 11, 1917: Middle East Mesopotamia: Turk 45th Division breaks through British line (over 650 casualties) but gradually forced back to Tigris south bank
Diary January 11, 1917 read more »
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 10, 1942: Southeast Asia East Indies: Japanese land on Tarakan Island (night January 10-11). Dutch Martin bombers make repeated attacks on invasion fleet. Wavell
Diary January 10, 1942 read more »
World War One Diary for Wednesday, January 10, 1917: Politics USA: Allies reply to Wilson’s peace note with special message from Belgium. German San Francisco Consul-General and 4 employees found
Diary January 10, 1917 read more »
WW2 War Diary for Friday, January 9, 1942: Eastern Front 3 Russian ‘Fronts’ (groups of armies, each army equal to a German corps) make deep penetration west and southwest of
Diary January 9, 1942 read more »
