War Diary

Diary for Monday, September 16, 1940: Air War Minor daylight raids on Southeast England (bad weather). Night raids on London by 150 aircraft; damage in West End. Göring orders fresh […]

Diary for Sunday, September 16, 1945: Hong Kong Surrender of Japanese forces at Hong Kong.

Diary for Sunday, September 15, 1940: Air War BATTLE OF BRITAIN SUNDAY: Two major raids on London smashed by RAF, which claims 185 ‘kills’; Germans actually lose 53 aircraft, plus

Diary for Saturday, September 15, 1945: Home Fronts USA: Hurricane ravages South Florida and Bahamas; 366 planes and 25 blimps destroyed at Richmond Naval Air Station, Florida.

Diary for Saturday, September 14, 1940: Air War Bombs dropped on Kingston, Wimbledon, Brighton, Eastbourne, Ipswich and in Northwestern England. These relatively successful daylight raids in cloudy weather encourage Göring

Diary for Friday, September 14, 1945: Dutch East Indies Japanese garrison of Celebes surrenders at Menado.

Diary for Friday, September 13, 1940: Air War China: Debut of Japan’s Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter: 13 Zeros escort bomber formation to Chungking and shoot down all defending fighters (20-plus);

Diary for Thursday, September 13, 1945: Burma Surrender of Japanese forces at Rangoon (C-in-C General Kimura surrenders October 24, 1945). New Guinea Lieutenant-General Adachi of Japanese 18th Army surrenders on

Diary for Thursday, September 12, 1940: Air War RAF Bomber Command attacks Hamm marshalling yards for sixtieth time (night September 12-13). Occupied countries Poland: 500,000 Warsaw Jews to be confined

Diary for Wednesday, September 12, 1945: Singapore SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. Occupied countries Suicide of Field Marshal Sugiyama, C-in-C Japanese Home Army.

Diary for Tuesday, September 11, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: Former Prime Minster Tojo attempts suicide in attempt to escape arrest on war crimes charges.

Diary for Wednesday, September 11, 1940: Air War Dover suffers its worst attack of the war. Sea War Vichy French squadron (3 cruisers and 3 destroyers) makes high-speed dash in

Diary for Tuesday, September 10, 1940: Air War Little daylight activity; ‘hit-and-run’ raiders attack airfields and Portsmouth Dockyards. 148 night raiders sent to London, but massive AA barrage from 199

Diary for Monday, September 10, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: MacArthur orders dissolution of Imperial GHQ and imposes censorship.