Diary January 23, 1941
Diary for Thursday, January 23, 1941: Sea War After emergency repairs carrier Illustrious leaves Malta for Alexandria (then goes to Norfolk Navy Yard, USA). Five Norwegian merchant ships – interned […]
War Diary
Diary January 22, 1916
Diary for Saturday, January 22, 1916: Southern Fronts Montenegro: Austrians occupy Antivari and Culcigno on coast. Albania: Austro-Bulgarian troops take Berat. Sea War Montenegro: Allied evacuation at San Giovanni di
Diary January 22, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, January 22, 1941: North Africa BRITISH CAPTURE TOBRUK. Sea War Atlantic – Operation Berlin: Battlecruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst leave Kiel in Baltic to attack Atlantic convoys.
Diary January 21, 1916
Neutrals Switzerland: Severely wounded Franco-German PoW exchange. Politics US ‘Colonel’ House in Paris, at Berlin on January 26, returns to Paris on February 2. Eastern Front Renewed Russian attack in
Diary January 21, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, January 21, 1941: Neutrals Rumania: Ultra-fascist Iron Guard attempts to overthrow Rumanian military dictator, General Antonescu, and conducts simultaneous pogrom against the Jews (approx. 1,000 killed); many
Diary January 20, 1916
Diary for Thursday, January 20, 1916: Middle East Gallipoli: 36,000 Turkish soldiers (more than 2 divisions) leave for Mesopotamia. Western Front Verdun: Castelnau, Joffre‘s deputy, inspects defences, puts improvements in
Diary January 20, 1941
Diary for Monday, January 20, 1941: Air War British, South African and Rhodesian aircraft raid power station at Massawa and other targets in east Africa. Neutrals USA: Roosevelt inaugurated.
Diary January 19, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, January 19, 1916: Southern Fronts King Nicholas of Montenegro flees to Scutari, thence sails to Brindisi. Middle East Mesopotamia: Lieutenant-General Sir P Lake succeeds Nixon as C-in-C.
Diary January 19, 1941
Diary for Sunday, January 19, 1941: East Africa British recapture Kassala (Sudan). Start of Italian East Africa campaign. China Nationalist Chinese disband Communist New 4th Army in Yangtse Valley following
Diary January 18, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, January 18, 1916: Occupied countries Serbia: Tsar Ferdinand arrives in Nis, greets Kaiser off new ‘German Balkan Express’; town hall banquet, Ferdinand made German Field Marshal. Sea
Diary January 18, 1941
Diary for Saturday, January 18, 1941: Neutrals Vichy France: Petain and Laval reconcile their differences.
Diary January 17, 1916
Diary for Monday, January 17, 1916: Middle East Mesopotamia: Nixon vetoes Aylmer’s suggestion that Townshend break out from Kut and is invalided to India following day. Viceroy of India agrees
Diary January 17, 1941
Diary for Friday, January 17, 1941: Sea War Battle of Koh-Chang in China Sea: Vichy French squadron defeats Thai Navy, sinking 3 ships.
Diary January 16, 1916
Diary for Sunday, January 16, 1916: Southern Fronts Salonika: General Sarrail takes formal joint Allied command (including 3,000 Serb troops), but British retain veto over anything but defensive measures. Middle
Diary January 16, 1941
Diary for Thursday, January 16, 1941: Air War Ju 87 Stukas escorted by Italian fighters raid Malta, inflicting further damage on carrier Illustrious and damaging cruiser Perth. Illustrious again damaged
Diary January 15, 1916
Diary for Saturday, January 15, 1916: Sea War Germany: Chief of Navy Staff Holtzendorff claims new U-boats can put Britain out of war in 6-7 months, pressing Kaiser on January
Diary January 15, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, January 15, 1941: East Africa Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Ethiopia (night January 15-16). Air War Europe: 76 RAF bombers raid Wilhelmshaven (night January 15-16).
Diary January 14, 1916
Diary for Friday, January 14, 1916: Home Fronts France: Colonel Estienne and Creusot engineer Brillie design Schneider tank with 75mm gun and 10mm armour, Joffre wants 400. Ireland: Lord Lieutenant
Diary January 14, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, January 14, 1941: Air War RAF night raids on Benghazi and Assab (Eritrea). Sea War German disguised raider Pinguin captures a Norwegian whaling fleet with 3 factory
Diary January 13, 1916
Diary for Thursday, January 13, 1916: Middle East Mesopotamia – Battle of Wadi (until January 14): Aylmer (1,613 casulaties) takes Turk position but fails to cut Turk retreat (2,000 casualties)
