Diary June 6, 1941
Diary for Friday, June 6, 1941: East Africa Commonwealth forces cross river Omo, capturing 2,000 Italians and 14 guns.
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Diary June 5, 1916
Diary for Monday, June 5, 1916: Sea War Atlantic: Russia-bound cruiser HMS Hampshire sunk by mine from U75 (Beitzen) northwest of Scapa Flow. Careless minesweeping, stormy seas and inexplicable failure
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Diary June 5, 1941
Diary for Thursday, June 5, 1941: Air War China: Air raid on Chungking; 700 Chinese entombed and suffocated in tunnel shelter. Sea War Mediterranean: British sub Taku sinks 3 Italian
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Diary June 4, 1916
Diary for Sunday, June 4, 1916: Eastern Front BRUSILOV OFFENSIVE (until October 17) begins on 200-mile front with 1,938-gun shelling at 0400 hours. Russian Eleventh and Ninth Armies take 26,000
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Diary June 4, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, June 4, 1941: Home Fronts Germany: Death of ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II, German emperor in World War One, aged 82 (at Doorn, Holland). Air War Egypt: 170 killed,
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Diary June 3, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, June 3, 1941: East Africa British regain control of Debarech, near Gondar (Ethiopia), after Italians have twice recaptured the town. Sea War Mediterranean: Italian transport explodes during
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Diary June 3, 1916
Diary for Saturday, June 3, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Unsuccessful German outflanking move at Fort Vaux. Ypres: Canadian counter-attack recovers lost trenches from previous day. Somme: British repulse German attack
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Diary June 2, 1916
Diary for Friday, June 2, 1916: Sea War North Sea: Grand Fleet again ready for action after the battle of Jutland, German High Seas Fleet repairs take longer (because hit
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Diary June 2, 1941
Diary for Monday, June 2, 1941: Politics Hitler and Mussolini confer at Brenner Pass. Neutrals Vichy France: Census of Jews ordered.
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Diary June 1, 1916
Diary for Thursday, June 1, 1916: Sea War North Sea: German old battleship Pommern sunk in last battle of Jutland torpedo attack, another, battleship Ostfriesland, mined at 0720 hours and
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Diary June 1, 1941
Diary for Sunday, June 1, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: Ju 88 bombers sink AA cruiser Calcutta north of Alexandria. British naval losses in the Airborne invasion of Crete: sunk: 3
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Diary May 31, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, May 31, 1916: Sea War North Sea – BATTLE OF JUTLAND (until June 1, German Battle of the Skaggerak): Scheer orders northward sweep to raid Allied shipping
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Diary May 31, 1941
Diary for Saturday, May 31, 1941: Middle East Armistice signed between British and Iraqi Army. Neutrals Thailand: Death of ex-King Prajadhipok, son of Chulalongkorn, at Virginia Water, England, aged 47.
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Diary May 30, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, May 30, 1916: Sea War North Sea: Royal Navy’s Room 40 gives early warning of German Fleet sortie and that 16 U-boats on sea. Main body of
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Diary May 30, 1941
Diary for Friday, May 30, 1941: Middle East Fall of the Raschid Ali regime in Iraq: the usurper flees to Iran.
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Diary May 29, 1916
Diary for Monday, May 29, 1916: Western Front Verdun: German attacks on Hill 304 (unsuccessful) and northwest of Cumieres (trenches carried). Eastern Front Kaiser and Falkenhayn visit Hindenburg and Ludendorff
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Diary May 29, 1941
Diary for Thursday, May 29, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: British destroyers Imperial and Hereward lost to air attack while evacuating troops from Crete .
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Diary May 28, 1916
Diary for Sunday, May 28, 1916: Western Front Verdun: German Alpenkorps (from Champagne) again in action. Flanders: Haig warns Second Army (Plumer) to hasten preparations for offensive as it might
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Diary May 28, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, May 28, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean – Evacuation of British and Commonwealth forces from Crete begins: 17,000 evacuated up to night May 31 – June 1. Atlantic
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Diary May 27, 1916
Diary for Saturday, May 27, 1916: Southern Fronts Salonika: Bulgar division and German troops occupy by Greeks evacuated Fort Rupel and 3 villages south of frontier thus blocking Struma valley.
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