World War One Diary for Tuesday, November 21, 1916: Politics Austria-Hungary: JOSEPH OF AUSTRIA peacefully died, aged 86, having told Prime Minister ‘if that is the case [domestic discontent] we […]
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WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 20, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa – Siege of Leningrad (Day 74): personal food ration cut for fifth time since early September. Politics USA:
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World War One Diary for Monday, November 20, 1916: Eastern Front Russia: Tsar summons Gourko from Special Army to act as Chief of Staff (Alexeiev ill until March 1917), he
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WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 19, 1941: Sea War Indian Ocean: Battle off Shark Bay (West Australia) between disguised raider Kormoran and cruiser Sydney, both ships crippled – Sydney
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World War One Diary for Sunday, November 19, 1916: Southern Fronts Serbia – Fall of Monastir to Allies: Serb and French cavalry ride in 4 years to the day since
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, November 18, 1941: North Africa OPERATION CRUSADER: British 8th Army launch successful counter-offensive in Western Desert. Rommel smashes South African 5th Brigade, then retreats (November
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World War One Diary for Saturday, November 18, 1916: Southern Fronts Serbia: Despite deep snow Serb Danube Division captures Hill 1378, Italians storm Ostretz Hill and two other features (until
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WW2 War Diary for Monday, November 17, 1941: Occupied Territories Russia: Alfred Rosenberg, author of the Nazi ‘bible’, ‘The Myth of the Twentieth Century‘, appointed Minister for Occupied Eastern Territories.
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World War One Diary for Friday, November 17, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: First snow falls, night November 17-18. Air War Germany: French bomber pilot Captain Beauchamp in
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 16, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops take Kerch (Crimea).
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World War One Diary for Thursday, November 16, 1916: Air War Britain: Haig asks for an extra 20 fighter squadrons for 1917. RFC capture first Albatros D1 fighter, forced down
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, November 15, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: After the mud is frozen the German units, under von Bock, resume direct advance on Moscow. Sea War
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World War One Diary for Wednesday, November 15, 1916: Home Fronts Russia: Grand Duke Nicholas warns Tsar and Tsarina of Rasputin’s harmful influence. Germany: 1918 conscript class, all under 19
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 14, 1941: Air War Mediterranean: Italian torpedo planes sink two British transports off Tunisia. Neutrals USA: Token contingents of US Marines to be withdrawn
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World War One Diary for Tuesday, November 14, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British 190th Brigade (63rd Royal Navy Division) with 2 Tank Mk I capture Beaucourt (Ancre)
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, November 13, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: HMS ARK ROYAL TORPEDOED by U-boat U-81; despite all efforts to save her she sinks, November 14, only 40
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World War One Diary for Monday, November 13, 1941: Western Front Battle of the Somme – Battle of the Ancre begins (until November 18): with 10 divisions, 5 tanks and
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WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 12, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: 34 of 37 Hawker Hurricane fighters flown off Ark Royal and Argus land in Malta (Operation Perpetual). Neutrals Vichy
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World War One Diary for Sunday, November 12, 1916: Eastern Front Transylvania: Rumanian First Army retreats in Jiu and Aluta Valleys. Middle East South Persia: Sykes occupies Shiraz, organises 3,700
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WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 11, 1941: Politics Finland: Government rejects American advice to cease hostilities.
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