Diary June 19, 1941
Diary for Thursday, June 19, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean – Tobruk Ferry: Australian and British destroyers and sloops (11 vessels) carry out frequent night supply and troop transport missions from […]
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Diary June 19, 1916
Diary for Monday, June 19, 1916: Air War Germany – FRENCH LEAFLET RAID ON BERLIN: Lieutenant Marchal, in special Nieuport monoplane operating from Nancy drops hundreds of leaflets proclaiming war
Diary June 18, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, June 18, 1941: Secret War British radar development, under Watson-Watt, is revealed in the Press as ‘Detection of Enemy Aircraft by Ether Waves’. Politics German-Turkish non-aggression pact.
Diary June 18, 1916
Diary for Sunday, June 18, 1916: Air War West Front: Oblt Max Immelmann (15 victories) killed, aged 25, in Fokker E III, shot down by Lieutenant McCubbin and Captain Waller,
Diary June 17, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, June 17, 1941: Middle East Fierce fighting at Kuneitra (Syria), which twice changes hands.
Diary June 17, 1916
Diary for Saturday, June 17, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Germans repulsed at Mort Homme-Thiaumont-Hill 320. French gains on Hill 321, Germans repulsed there on June 18 and 19. Eastern Front
Diary June 16, 1941
Diary for Monday, June 16, 1941: Neutrals USA: Roosevelt orders closing of all German consulates by July 15. Sea War Mediterranean: Vichy destroyer Chevalier Paul, carrying ammunition to Syria, sunk
Diary June 16, 1916
Diary for Friday, June 16, 1916: Secret War France: Mata Hari books into Grand Hotel, Paris, takes many military lovers but falls in love with Russian Captain Maslov during August.
Diary June 15, 1941
Diary for Sunday, June 15, 1941: Air War Catalina flying-boat routs four German aircraft off Gibraltar (1 crashing in Portugal). Middle East Allied forces capture Sidon.
Diary June 15, 1916
Diary for Thursday, June 15, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Germans carry trench on Mort Homme southern slope and contain French 65th Division attack on Caillette Wood. Southern Fronts Trentino: Last
Diary June 14, 1941
Diary for Saturday, June 14, 1941: North Africa OPERATION BATTLEAXE begins: British attempt to raise siege of Tobruk achieves initial success (at cost of many tanks), but Rommel counter-attacks (June
Diary June 14, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, June 14, 1916: Southern Fronts Isonzo: Italians retake Adria shipyard and hills at Monfalcone, repel Austrian counter-attacks on June 17. Trentino: Italian counter-offensive ordered. Last Archduke Charles
Diary June 13, 1941
Diary for Friday, June 13, 1941: Sea War Ferry steamer St Patrick sunk by German aircraft in Irish Sea off Fishguard (23 killed). Air War Britain: Attempted night raid on
Diary June 13, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, June 13, 1916: African Fronts East Africa: Pegasus gun slightly wounds Lettow at South Hill HQ against Kondoa Irangi. Lake Nyasa: British land and occupy Alt Langenburg.
Diary June 12, 1916
Diary for Monday, June 12, 1916: Air War Britain: Royal Flying Corps has taken 2,568 aircraft into service and struck off 1,427 in past year or 47.7% wastage. 8,403 aircraft
Diary June 12, 1941
Diary for Thursday, June 12, 1941: Home Front Germany: Berlin civil defence authority warns the population to take immediate shelter in air raids owing to danger posed by heavy HE
Diary June 11, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, June 11, 1941: Air War Germany: RAF begins series of 20 consecutive night raids on the Ruhr, the Rhineland, Hamburg and Bremen. Britain: Widespread German night raids
Diary June 11, 1916
Diary for Sunday, June 11, 1916: Eastern Front Brusilov Offensive – Galicia: Südarmee’s Battle of the Strypa (until June 30). By now General Tersztyanszki replaces sacked Archduke Joseph Ferdinand in
Diary June 10, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, June 10, 1941: Home Fronts Britain: House of Commons debate the debacle at the German airborne invasion of Crete. Hore-Belisha declares: ‘For the first time in history
Diary June 10, 1916
Diary for Saturday, June 10, 1916: Southern Fronts Trentino: Eritrea veteran and volunteer General Prestinari killed in command of a militia brigade. Greece: French occupy Thasos island, northern Aegean, as
