Diary July 2, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 2, 1942: Eastern Front Black Sea: German Luftwaffe bombs Russian warships at Novorossisk. Politics Wheat Agreement between GB, USA, Argentina, Australia and Canada.
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Diary July 2, 1917
World War One Diary for Monday, July 2, 1917: Middle East Turkey: German c.6500-strong Asia Corps (3 battalions, 3 cavalry troops, 18 guns, 18 MGs, 12 mortars, 4 air squadrons)
Diary July 1, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 1, 1942: Africa Western Desert: FIRST BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN. Rommel reaches El Alamein, having advanced 644 km in 36 days, and immediately attempts
Diary July 1, 1917
World War One Diary for Sunday, July 1, 1917: Sea War Britain: 3,000 British merchant ships have guns; 2,180 guns mounted in 1917 only 190 under 12-pounder (3-inch) calibre. ASW
Diary June 30, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, June 30, 1942: Eastern Front Siege of Sebastopol: Germans break into the city. Attempted evacuation of garrison begins. Sieg of Leningrad: Colonel-General von Kuechler, German
Diary June 30, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, June 30, 1917: Eastern Front Galicia: Heavy artillery action, German reply includes gas. Commander Locker-Lampson sees Kerensky in Southwest Front HQ train ‘Prodigious effort
Diary June 29, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, June 29, 1942: Africa Western Desert: Rommel takes Mersa Matruh and 6,000 PoWs. Air War Mediterranean: Mussolini flies to Derna (Libya), in aircraft marked with
Diary June 29, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, June 29, 1917: Eastern Front Galicia: Kerensky order ‘Your C-in-C (Brusilov), beloved through victory, is convinced that each day of delay merely helps the
Diary June 28, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, June 28, 1942: Eastern Front Siege of Sebastopol: Germans establish bridgehead on south shore of North Bay, directly threatening Sebastopol city (night June 28-29). AXIS
Diary June 28, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, June 28, 1917: Western Front France: 14,000 US regulars and marines (2/3 recruits) land at St Nazaire. Verdun: Fierce fighting west of Hill 304
Diary June 27, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, June 27, 1942: Sea War Black Sea: Russian destroyer Tashkent evacuates 2,300 wounded and civilians from Sebastopol; she is bombed repeatedly en route to Novorossisk,
Diary June 27, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, June 27, 1917: Air War Western Front: First Sopwith Camel aerial victory of Royal Flying Corps (with No 70 Squadron first RFC unit to
Diary June 26, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, June 26, 1942: Africa Western Desert: British 8th Army carries out ‘panic’ retreat from Mersa Matruh – unaware that Rommel’s forces are virtually exhausted. Home
Diary June 26, 1917
World War One Diary for Tuesday, June 26, 1917: Western Front Artois: British occupy La Coulotte. In thunderstorm Canadian Corps begins capture of Avion south of Lens (until June 29).
Diary June 25, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, June 25, 1942: Africa Western Desert: Auchinleck sacks Ritchie and takes personal command of 8th Army. Air War Germany: ‘THOUSAND-BOMBER’ RAID ON BREMEN. 1,006 aircraft
Diary June 25, 1917
World War One Diary for Monday, June 25, 1917: Southern Fronts Trentino: At 0230 hours surprise Austrian attack by 7 battalions with 103 guns and mortars in close support recaptures
Diary June 24, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, June 24, 1942: Occupied Territories Yugoslavia: In Yugoslavia 2 major offensives by German, Italian and ‘puppet’ troops (January – June 1942) force Tito’s Partisans to
Diary June 24, 1917
World War One Diary for Sunday, June 24, 1917: Air War Western Front: Germans shoot down 3 BEF Second Army balloons, 2 more subsequently. Independent Jagdgeschwader 1 of Jasta 4,
Diary June 23, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, June 23, 1942: Secret War Britain: RAF captures Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A – latest German piston-engined fighter – which the pilot lands by mistake at
Diary June 23, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, June 23, 1917: Air War Palestine: Royal Navy Air Service (3 Shorts from carrier Empress) and Royal Flying Corps (7 aircraft) simultaneously bomb Tulkarm
