Diary October 28, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 28, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach Volokolamsk, northwest of Moscow.
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Diary October 28, 1916
World War One Diary for Saturday, October 28, 1916: Air War Somme: Captain O Boelcke (40 victories), first great air combat tactician killed, aged 25, in Albatros mid-air collision over
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Diary October 27, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 27, 1941: Neutrals USA – Roosevelt’s Navy Day Speech: he denounces attacks on US shipping and reveals a Nazi plot in Latin America.
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Diary October 27, 1916
World War One Diary for Friday, October 27, 1916: Home Fronts Australia: Three Cabinet Ministers resign because of conscription, referendum on October 28 defeats it by 72,476 votes. Eastern Front
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Diary October 26, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 26, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Germans break through Perekop Isthmus into the Crimea.
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Diary October 26, 1916
World War One Diary for Thursday, October 26, 1941: Sea War Channel: 11 German destroyers (Captain Michelsen) from Zeebrugge raid in Dover Straits (night October 26-27). 24 German ships transferred
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Diary October 25, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 25, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: British fast cruiser-minelayer Latona sunk by Ju 87 Stukas off Bardia (night October 25-26). Politics Roosevelt and Churchill condemn
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Diary October 25, 1916
World War One Diary for Wednesday, October 25, 1916: Air War Somme: Boelcke‘s Jasta 2 shoots down 3 RFC artillery observation aircraft. Balkans: 5 RNAS aircraft leave Imbros to fly
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Diary October 24, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 24, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: GERMAN TROOPS CAPTURE KHARKOV (East Ukraine). Stalin appoints Zhukov to command northern half of front; Timoshenko to direct
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Diary October 24, 1916
World War One Diary for Tuesday, October 24, 1916: Western Front Verdun – First French Offensive Battle of Verdun (until December 18): Nivelle and Mangin send 3 picked and compass-guided
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Diary October 23, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 23, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: Destroyer HMS Cossack torpedoed by U-boat U-563 (she founders, under tow, October 26). Occupied Territories Russia: In reprisals for
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Diary October 23, 1916
World War One Diary for Monday, October 23, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Germans evacuate battered Fort Douaumont as untenable (night October 23-24). Battle of the Somme: British capture 1,000 yards
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Diary October 22, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 22, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: British naval tanker Darkdale sunk by U-boat U-68 of St Helena. Politics Rumania: Government denounces ‘Vienna Award‘ of August
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Diary October 22, 1916
World War One Diary for Sunday, October 22, 1916: African Fronts East Africa: Portuguese now 8 miles north of river Rovuma. Major Kraut storms NRFF Hill at Mkapira and invests
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Diary October 21, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 21, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Zhukov takes command of Moscow garrison. Air War Germany: 92 RAF bombers attacking Bremen and dropping 140t of
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Diary October 21, 1916
World War One Diary for Saturday, October 21, 1916: Air War Western Front: RFC helps engage 184 targets and bombs extensively. Germans bomb Querrieu, Gorbie and Amiens (night October 20-21).
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Diary October 20, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 20, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: Italian torpedo boats Aldebaran and Altair sink off Athens in minefield laid by submarine Rorqual (night October 20-21). Vyazma-Bryansk
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Diary October 20, 1916
World War One Diary for Friday, October 20, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Nivelle commits 603 guns (including two 15.7-in rail guns against forts) and 15,000t of shells to shelling 3
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Diary October 19, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 19, 1941: Home Fronts Russia: ‘State of siege’ declared in Moscow. Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Germans capture Thgonrog (Donets Basin). Neutrals Afghanistan: All Axis
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Diary October 19, 1916
World War One Diary for Thursday, October 19, 1916: African Fronts East Africa: Last German post north of Central Railway cleared. Deventer contacts Northey. German attacks in Iringa and river
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