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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Diary July 7, 1916
Diary for Friday, July 7, 1916: Home Fronts Britain: Lloyd George succeeds Kitchener as War Minister. Lord Derby Under-Secretary for War. Southampton receives record of 6,174 wounded from France. Western
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Diary July 7, 1941
Diary for Monday, July 7, 1941: Sea War Atlantic: US Marines land in Iceland, from powerful naval task force, to relieve British garrison.
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Diary July 6, 1916
Diary for Thurday, July 6, 1916: Eastern Front Brusilov offensive, Pripet: Disorderly German retreat in Chartorysk salient between river Styr and river Stokhod; 30,000 PoWs and 30 guns lost since
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Diary July 6, 1941
Diary for Sunday, July 6, 1941: Neutrals Ecuador and Peru: Border War. Peru ousts Ecuadorian forces from two disputed areas and recaptures Matapalo Island (occupied by Ecuador in 1938); Peruvian
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Diary July 5, 1916
Diary for July 5, 1916: Occupied countries Serbia and Montenegro: Guerrilla risings begin against weakened Austrian garrisons, continue for duration of war. Western Front Battle of the Somme: British storm
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Diary July 5, 1941
Diary for Saturday, July 5, 1941: Air War Germany: RAF night raids on Munster (railway targets) and Bielefeld (power station); heavy civilian casualties.
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Diary July 4, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, July 4, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British attack La Boisselle until July 6. Gough’s Reserve Army in command of 8 divisions on British left
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Diary July 4, 1941
Diary for Friday, July 4, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops capture Ostrov, south of Pskov. Air War Germany: 11 Blenheim bombers carry out daylight raid on Bremen factory
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Diary July 3, 1916
Diary for Monday, July 3, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British capture Ovillers-La Boisselle, 9th Scottish Division captures Bernafay Wood (east of Montauban). Falkenhayn visits F Below at
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Diary July 3, 1941
Diary for Thursday, July 3, 1941: Home Fronts Russia – STALIN BROADCASTS ‘SCORCHED EARTH’ POLICY: ‘We must not leave … a single kilogram of grain or a single litre of
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Diary July 2, 1916
Diary for Sunday, July 2, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Falkenhayn issues ‘The unequivocal order for the complete cessation of the attack’, begins to transfer 60 heavy guns to the Somme,
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Diary July 2, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, July 2, 1941: Air War Western Europe: Bristol Blenheim bombers, with strong escort (includng American-volunteer ‘Eagle Squadron’), bomb airfield and rail junction near Lille.
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Diary July 1, 1916
Diary for Saturday, July 1, 1916: Western Front Somme: ANGLO-FRENCH OFFENSIVE, BATTLES OF THE SOMME BEGIN (until November 18). First phase: Battle of Albert (until July 13). After 224,221 shells
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Diary July 1, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, July 1, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Guderian’s Panzers cross river Berezina. Panzers of Army Group North cross the Dvina and advance towards Pskov; Riga occupied.
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