Diary for Wednesday, April 23, 1941: Neutrals USA: Charles Lindbergh addresses 30,000 people attending ‘America First’ rally in New York: he condemns Britain for having ‘encouraged the smaller nations of […]
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Diary for Saturday, April 22, 1916: Western Front Verdun, East bank: Mangin’s French 5th Division reaches Ft Douaumont, but MGs drive it off. Somme: BEF XV Corps (Horne) formed, takes
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Diary for Tuesday, April 22, 1941: Balkans LAST GREEK ARMY IN THRACE CAPITULATES. British forces begin to fall back. Politics Soviet protest to Germany over violations of Russian airspace by
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Diary for Friday, April 21, 1916: African Fronts East Africa: Lettow decides to concentrate 20 companies (2 mounted) against South African advance, leaving Kraut to face Smuts and Wahle against
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Diary for Monday, April 21, 1941: Air War Balkans: German bombers and Ju 87 Stukas sink old Greek battleship Kilkis, 10 other warships and 43 merchant ships in Greek coastal
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Diary for Thursday, April 20, 1916: Air War Western Front: American volunteer fighter unit N124 Escadrille Americaine formally incorporated in French Aeronautique Militaire. Based at Luxeuil-les-Bains (Haute Saone) 16 of
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Diary for Sunday, April 20, 1916: Balkans GREEK ARMY IN ALBANIA SURRENDERS to SS Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. Home Fronts India: Nearly 400 casualties in rioting between Sikhs and Moslems
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Diary for Wednesday, April 19, 1916: African Fronts East Africa: 3 Belgian battalions (Olsen’s Southern Brigade) invade near Shangugu, Belgian Northern Brigade (Molitor) invades Ruanda on April 25. Belgians have
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Diary for Saturday, April 19, 1941: Air War Britain: Massive night raids on London. 712 sorties; 1,180 t. bombs; 2 aircraft lost. Total casualties (April 16-17 and 19-20): 2,300 killed,
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Diary for Tuesday, April 18, 1916: Middle East Armenia: Lyakhov occupies Trebizond (Turks evacuated night April 15-16) and engages Turk rearguard 15 miles south next day. Sea War Black Sea:
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Diary for Friday, April 18, 1941: Air War Germany: First flight of Me 262 fighter, powered by Junkers piston engine (the specified pair of jet engines cannot be installed until
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Diary for Monday, April 17, 1916: Southern Fronts Dolomites: Italian mine exploded (night April 17-18), kills 100 Austro-Hungarians and 160 PoWs made as Colonel di Lana taken, but later assaults
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Diary for Monday, April 17, 1941: Balkans YUGOSLAV ARMY CAPITULATES: Generals Bodi (Yugoslav) and Weichs (German) sign armistice in Belgrade. King Peter escapes from Kotor in RAF Sunderland flying boat.
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Diary for Sunday, April 16, 1916: Western Front Flanders: British trench raid south of Bethune-La Bassee road. Eastern Front Baltic Provinces: Russian Twelfth Army Chief of Staff orders secret police,
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Diary for Wednesday, April 16, 1941: Air War Britain: Massive night raids on London. Approx. 300 bombers (6 lost) make 2-3 sorties each (total sorties 685), dropping over 1,000t of
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Diary for Saturday, April 15, 1916: Middle East Mesopotamia, Kut: Air food supply drops start (9 planes max) drop 16,800lb (until April 29) in 140 flights. 3rd Division takes Bait
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Diary for Tuesday, April 15, 1941: North Africa Rommel’s Afrika Korps drives into Egypt, capturing Sollum and moving through Halfaya Pass. Air War Britain: Heavy night raid on Belfast, North
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Diary for Friday, April 14, 1916: Eastern Front Western Russia – First Battle of Lake Naroch ends: Russian losses 122,000 (including 12,000 frostbite deaths), German 20,000. STAVKA planning conference with
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Diary for Monday, April 14, 1941: Politics King Farouk of Egypt sends a secret message to Hitler, via Egyptian Minister in Iran, expressing hope that Germany will ‘soon liberate Egypt
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Diary for Thursday, April 13, 1916: African Fronts East Africa: 800 South African horse troopers pursue c.200 Germans for 20 miles in rain and occupy Salanga; 190 animals lost to
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