Diary January 13, 1941
Diary for Monday, January 13, 1941: Air War RAF bombs Lorient U-boat base (night January 13-14). German night bombers shower incendiaries over Plymouth. Neutrals Switzerland: Death of James Joyce, author […]
War Diary
Diary January 12, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, January 12, 1916: Air War Western Front: Immelmann and Boelcke first German airmen (8 air victories each) to receive Pour le Merite. Gallipoli: Turco-German Fokker Es (3
Diary January 12, 1941
Diary for Sunday, January 12, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: 21-ship troop convoy leaves Britain for North Africa. Air War Europe: RAF night raids on oil installations at Regensburg and Porto
Diary January 11, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, January 11, 1916: Sea War East Atlantic: Raider Möwe sinks 8 British ships (until January 20), including 3 on 13, totalling 27,888t almost matching January U-boat sinkings
Diary January 11, 1941
Diary for Saturday, January 11, 1941: Sea War Ju 87 Stukas cripple heavy cruiser HMS Southampton for second time near Malta. She must be abandoned. German and Italian submarines and
Diary January 10, 1916
Diary for Monday, January 10, 1916: Middle East Armenia – Yudenich‘s winter offensive: Battle of Köprüköy (until January 19) during Russian Christmas. Turk Third Army driven back on Erzerum, losing
Diary January 10, 1941
Diary for Friday, January 10, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: Ju 87 Stukas disrupt Malta convoy and score 6 hits on carrier Illustrious escorting convoy west of Malta. Cruiser Southampton crippled.
Diary January 9, 1916
Diary for Sunday, January 9, 1916: Southern Fronts Montenegro: Austrians storm 4850ft Mt Lovcen (‘the Gibraltar of the Adriatic’); Montenegrins retreat 12 miles to capital Cetinje and begin talks for
Diary January 9, 1941
Diary for Thursday, January 9, 1941: Home Fronts Britain: Air Training Corps to be formed. Politics Harry Hopkins, Roosevelt’s personal representative, arrives in London (leaves February 16).
Diary January 8, 1916
Diary for Saturday, January 8, 1916: Southern Fronts Montenegro – Austrian offensive: General Webenau‘s 50,000 troops including 5,000 Bosnian Muslims and 3 Kaiserjäger battalions from Italian Front begins at dawn
Diary January 8, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, January 8, 1941: Air War RAF night raid on Naples: battleship Giulio Cesare damaged (she has to be moved to La Spezia). Neutrals USA: $17.5 billion Defense
Diary January 7, 1916
Diary for Friday, January 7, 1916: Middle East Gallipoli, Helles bridgehead: Garrison of 19,000 men, 63 guns after all French gone (January 1-4), repulses half-hearted Turk attack at Gully Spur.
Diary January 7, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, January 7, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: Four-engined Fw 200 Condor reconnaissance bombers, based near Bordeaux transferred to operational command of Admiral Dönitz. British corvette Anemone sinks large
Diary January 6, 1916
Diary for Thursday, January 6, 1916: Sea War Atlantic: Battleship King Edward VII sunk west of Scapa Flow off Cape Wrath on mine, one of the 252 laid by Möwe.
Diary January 6, 1941
Diary for Monday, January 6, 1941: Neutrals USA: Roosevelt’s ‘Four Freedoms’ Speech to Congress: ‘We look forward to a world founded on four essential human freedoms … freedom of speech
Diary January 5, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, January 5, 1916: Air War Western Front: New French Nieuport 11 fighter begins entering service with Esc N3. 25 Royal Flying Corps aircraft attack Douai airfields and
Diary January 5, 1941
Diary for Sunday, January 5, 1941: North Africa British capture Bardia in Libya: 45,000 PoWs, 130 tanks taken. Home Front Britain: Amy Johnson, famous long-distance flier, dies in crash over
Diary January 4, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, January 4, 1916: Home Fronts Britain: Lord Derby’s recruiting report published, 2,675,149 volunteers to date but over 2 million of military age unattested justifies conscription. Fuller-phone (non-tappable)
Diary January 4, 1941
Diary for Saturday, January 4, 1941: North Africa The Murzuk Raid: A small force of Tuareg and Tibesti tribesmen under Free French officers cross 485 km of desert from Chad
Diary January 3, 1916
Diary for Monday, January 3, 1916: Home Fronts France: General Press Relations Directorate formed. Britain: Clydeside Socialist newspaper Forward suppressed for 4 weeks. Western Front Brigade-General J Charteris becomes BEF
