Diary July 17, 1941
Diary for Thursday, July 17, 1941: Neutrals Spain: General Franco makes speech condemning US refusal to sell urgently needed supplies of wheat to Spain and declaring that the Wehrmacht is […]
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Diary July 17, 1916
Diary for Monday, July 17, 1916: Southern Fronts Macedonia: Serbs begin to move to take over 60 miles of front west of river Vardar. Sarrail told to be ready to
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Diary July 16, 1916
Diary for Sunday, July 16, 1916: Home Fronts Britain: War Savings Week. Western Front Battle of the Somme: British 62nd Brigade relieved at Mametz Wood (night July 15-16). Since July
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Diary July 16, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, July 16, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Stalin‘s son, Lieutenant Jacob Dzhugashvili, captured by German soldiers. Sea War Baltic: Russian battleship Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya and cruiser Kirov, with
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Diary July 15, 1916
Diary for Saturday, July 15, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme – Battle of Delville Wood (until July 20): 3,153-strong South African Brigade, ordered to capture and hold wood
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Diary July 15, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, July 15, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: BATTLE OF SMOLENSK. Germans encircle 300,000 Russian troops in Smolensk–Orsha pocket.
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Diary July 14, 1916
Diary for Friday, July 14, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme – Battle of Bazentin Ridge: 4 BEF divisions (22,000 men) break into German second position on 3 1/2-mile
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Diary July 14, 1941
Diary for Monday, July 14, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach river Luga (last great river, 90 miles before Leningrad). Middle East Syria and Lebanon: Convention of Acre
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Diary July 13, 1916
Diary for Thursday, July 13, 1916: Eastern Front Brusilov offensive, Galicia: Heavy fighting in Suedarmee centre northwest of Buczacz on river Styrpa; Russian Seventh Army takes 12,000 PoWs. Neutrals Western
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Diary July 13, 1941
Diary for Sunday, July 13, 1941: Air War Eastern Front: German Luftwaffe bombs Kiev; Russians attack Ploesti (Rumania). Sea War Baltic: Russian destroyers, MTBs and bombers make determined efforts to
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Diary July 12, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, July 12, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British repulse further counter-attacks at Contalmaison. Air War Western Front: French ace-to-be Xavier de Sevin scores his first
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Diary July 12, 1941
Diary for Saturday, July 12, 1941: Politics ANGLO-RUSSIAN MUTUAL ASSISTANCE PACT: including declaration that neither Britain nor Russia will make a separate peace agreement with the Axis powers.
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Diary July 11, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, July 11, 1916: Western Front Verdun: 5 German divisions attack, 30 German soldiers reach outskirts of Fort Souville (all killed), but overall gains 436 yds deep by
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Diary July 11, 1941
Diary for Friday, July 11, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Panzers cross river Dnieper. Army Group South beats off major Russian counter-attack and threatens city of Kiev. Three new Russian
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Diary July 10, 1916
Diary for Monday, July 10, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: Very hot weather, no wind. British 38th Division attacks Mametz Wood; most of wood secured until July 11
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Diary July 10, 1941
Diary for Thursday, July 10, 1941: Neutrals USA: Roosevelt asks Congress for additional defence expenditure of $4,770 millions. US Navy warns that entrance to San Francisco harbour has been mined.
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Diary July 9, 1916
Diary for Sunday, July 9, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: Trones Wood fighting continues until July 14. French advance along Bray-Peronne road, taking Biaches and Hill 97 with
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Diary July 9, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, July 9, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops capture Vitebsk. Air War Western Europe: RAF night raids on railways at Aachen (Western Germany) and Naples (Italy).
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Diary July 8, 1916
Diary for Saturday, July 8, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: First British 30th Division attacks secure most of Trones Wood; German shelling and counter-attack compels withdrawal. French Foreign
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Diary July 8, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, July 8, 1941: Air War Germany: First daylight operation by RAF four-engined Fortress I bombers (B-17C Flying Fortress) against Wilhelmshaven. Politics Britain: Russian Military Mission arrives in
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