Diary April 24, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, April 24, 1945: Russian Front Battle of Berlin: Konev‘s and Zhukov’s troops link up in southern suburbs. Western Front British troops reach Bremen. Italy La Spezia naval […]
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War Diary
Diary April 23, 1915
Diary for Friday, April 23, 1915: Western Front Ypres – Second German gas attack: they take Langemarck, Steenstraate bridge and positions south of Lizerne as Allied counterattack collapses. First Canadian
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Diary April 23, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, April 23, 1940: Air War German bombers raid Scapa Flow (night April 22-23). Home Fronts Australia: Prime Minister Menzies threatens to re-open coal mines by force if
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Diary April 23, 1945
Diary for Monday, April 23, 1945: Russian Front Frankfurt-on-Oder captured by Zhukov. Occupied countries Czechoslovakia: Government-inÂ-Exile calls for final national uprising. Home Fronts Britain: Black-out restricÂtions cancelled. Italy British 8th
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Diary April 22, 1940
Diary for Monday, April 22, 1940: Air War French reconnaissance aircraft reach Prague (night April 22-23).
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Diary April 22, 1915
Diary for Thursday, April 22, 1915: Western Front SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES (until May 13): Battle of GravenÂstafel (Ridge) (until April 23). Big Berthas shell Ypres. FIRST WESTERN FRONT POISON
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Diary April 22, 1945
Diary for Sunday, April 22, 1945: Russian Front Battle of Berlin: Russians capture Weissensee district. Hitler decides to remain in Berlin. Italy US 5th Army reaches river Po at Ostiglia.
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Diary April 21, 1940
Diary for Sunday, April 21, 1940: Air War RAF bombers (1 lost) raid Aalborg airfield (north Denmark) and Stavanger–Sola airfield.
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Diary April 21, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, April 21, 1915: Eastern Front 8 German divisions begin rail move (60 trains per day) to south of Cracow. Russians discover this from April 25. Austrians repulsed
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Diary April 21, 1945
Diary for Saturday, April 21, 1945: Russian Front BATTLE OF BERLIN. ZHUKOV‘S TROOPS ENTER SUBURBS. Konev attacks north of Dresden. Western Front French occupy Stuttgart. Italy ALLIES CAPTURE BOLOGNA. General
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Diary April 20, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, April 20, 1915: Eastern Front Austrian High Command estimate 1,001,000 AustroÂ-Germans (11 armies) fighting 1,540,000 Russians on 720Â-mile front. Western Front Flanders: Gas shells testÂfired at Hill
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Diary April 20, 1940
Diary for Friday, April 20, 1940: Air War German bombers (3 lost) attack British naval units off Norway.
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Diary April 20, 1945
Diary for Friday, April 20, 1945: Western Front ‘Stars and Stripes’ raised over rostrum of Nuremberg Stadium Âscene of Nazi Party rallies. Lattre de Tassigny’s French 1st Army execute rapid
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Diary April 19, 1915
Diary for Monday, April 19, 1915: Air War Western Front: Morane ‘L’ fighter (Lt Roland Garros) , damaged by German rifleman SchlenstÂedt in Courtrai rail station, makes forced landing behind
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Diary April 19, 1940
Diary for Friday, April 19, 1940: Norway British brigade, advancing south from Namsos, reaches Verdal, 80 km from Trondheim. French troops (Chasseurs Alpins) land as reinforcements at Namsos. But German
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Diary April 19, 1945
Diary for Thursday, April 19, 1945: Okinawa US 24th Corps, 10th Army, launches general assault on outer defenses of ‘Shuri Line’, in the south, after preparatory bombardment by 139 planes,
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Diary April 18, 1940
Diary for Thursday, April 18, 1940: Norway British base established at Molde; troops land at nearby Alesund. Operation Hammer cancelled – British plan (Churchill and Admiral Keyes) for direct assault
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Diary April 18, 1915
Diary for Sunday, April 18, 1915: Neutrals HollandÂ: International Women’s Peace Congress opens in Hague (1,136 delegates from 12 countries). British Admiralty suspenÂsion of ferries (22 April-1 May) stops 25
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Diary April 18, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, April 18, 1945: Western Front 370,000-strong Army Group B. surrenders in Ruhr ‘Pocket’; Field Marshal Model commits suicide. Royal Engineers begin constructing Bailey Bridge over the Rhine,
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Diary April 17, 1915
Diary for Saturday, April 17, 1915: Sea War DardanellesÂ: British submarine E15 lost aground (24 PoWs) near Kephez Point, destroyed by Majestic’s picket boat next day, but E14 gets through.
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