Diary May 7, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, May 7, 1941: North Africa Exchanges of artillery fire along Tobruk front. Air War Britain – First of two consecutive night raids on Hull: 40,000 homeless, food […]
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Diary May 6, 1916
Diary for Saturday, May 6, 1916: Middle East Mesopotamia – Death march from Kut begins: 2,592 British soldier PoWs (Kurd cavalry regiment escort) start 1,200-mile forced march to Anatolia; reach
Diary May 6, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, May 6, 1941: Middle East British raise Iraqi siege of Habbaniyah.
Diary May 5, 1916
Diary for Friday, May 5, 1916: Western Front Verdun: German gain at Hill 304. French 135th Infantry Regiment sergeant writes ‘… how could anyone cross the zone of extermination around
Diary May 5, 1941
Diary for Monday, May 5, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean – ‘Tobruk Ferry‘: first of many night supply missions by British and Australian destroyers from Alexandria. East Africa Emperor Haile Selassie
Diary May 4, 1916
Diary for Thursday, May 4, 1916: Air War Eastern Front: IM heavy bomber Ilya Murmometz II (Pankratiev) flies first of 5 successful armed reconnaissance missions during May over Yazlovetch-Bugatch and
Diary May 4, 1941
Diary for Sunday, May 4, 1941: Home Fronts Germany: Hitler speaks to members of Reichstag in Kroll Opera House, Berlin: he claims that by withdrawing troops from North Africa to
Diary May 3, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, May 3, 1916: Western Front Verdun: French storm positions northwest of Mort Homme, but 500 German guns on a mile front shell Hill 304 (until May 5);
Diary May 3, 1941
Diary for Saturday, May 3, 1941: East Africa Battle of Amba Alagi (ends May 19): Italian forces make their last important stand in mountains of Northern Ethiopia, prisoners including the
Diary May 2, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, May 2, 1916: Air War Britain: 8 Zeppelins cause 39 casualties in Yorks, Northumbria and Scotland (night May 2-3); storm wrecks L20 near Stavanger, Norway on return
Diary May 2, 1941
Diary for Friday, May 2, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: British destroyer Jersey mined and sunk in entrance to Valletta Harbour, Malta. Middle East Iraqi artillery shells Habbaniyah base. Home Front
Diary May 1, 1916
Diary for Monday, May 1, 1916: Home Fronts Ireland, Easter Rising – REBELLION ENDS: British casualties 521, rebels 58, civilian 736; 16 rebel leaders shot (until May 8), 79 jailed.
Diary May 1, 1941
Diary for Thursday, May 1, 1941: Air War Britain – First of 8 consecutive night raids on Liverpool: 1,450 killed, 1,100 seriously injured, 76,000 homeless. 33 ships sunk or damaged;
Diary April 30, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, April 30, 1941: Balkan Last British troops have left or surrender on the Peloponnesos, Greece. Air War Europe: RAF attack shipping off Dutch coast. Heavy night raid
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Diary April 30, 1916
Diary for Sunday, April 30, 1916: Home Fronts Ireland, Easter Rising: 707 Dublin rebels surrender. France: Building reconstruction service set up for occupied territory. Western Front Flanders: British artillery defeat
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Diary April 29, 1916
Diary for Saturday, April 29, 1916: Middle East Mesopotamia – FALL OF KUT: 13,309 surrender including 3,248 non-combatants after 146-day siege (with 3,776 casualties). 1,136 badly wounded and 1,450 sick
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Diary April 29, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, April 29, 1941: Middle East Iraqi forces surround British base at Habbaniyah and sabotage oil pipelines.
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Diary April 28, 1916
Diary for Friday, April 28, 1916: Sea War Italy: Navy commissions its first of 10 wartime monitors (mainly converted captured Austrian barges or lighters). Middle East Mesopotamia, Kut: Townshend offers
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Diary April 28, 1941
Diary for Monday, April 28, 1941: Air War Malta bombed. Neutrals USA: Lindbergh resigns his commission as Colonel in USAAC Reserve, following severe condemnation of his April 23 speech by
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Diary April 27, 1916
Diary for Thursday, April 27, 1916: Sea War North Sea: UC5 (Mohrbutter) captured by destroyer Firedrake while stranded on Shipwash Shoal, towed into Harwich. Mediterranean: British battleship Russell (124 crew
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