Diary June 7, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, June 7, 1916: Western Front Verdun – FALL OF FORT VAUX for 2,678 German casualties to 50th Division after heroic 5-day defence by Major Raynal’s 600 men. […]
War Diary
Diary June 7, 1941
Diary for Saturday, June 7, 1941: Air War Egypt: 230 killed in night raid on Alexandria (evacuation of 40,000 people commences, June 8).
Diary June 6, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, June 6, 1916: Eastern Front Brusilov offensive – Galicia: Shcherbachev’s Seventh Army attacks, widens frontage and taking Buczacz on June 8; by June 10 has made 30-mile
Diary June 6, 1941
Diary for Friday, June 6, 1941: East Africa Commonwealth forces cross river Omo, capturing 2,000 Italians and 14 guns.
Diary June 5, 1941
Diary for Thursday, June 5, 1941: Air War China: Air raid on Chungking; 700 Chinese entombed and suffocated in tunnel shelter. Sea War Mediterranean: British sub Taku sinks 3 Italian
Diary June 5, 1916
Diary for Monday, June 5, 1916: Sea War Atlantic: Russia-bound cruiser HMS Hampshire sunk by mine from U75 (Beitzen) northwest of Scapa Flow. Careless minesweeping, stormy seas and inexplicable failure
Diary June 4, 1916
Diary for Sunday, June 4, 1916: Eastern Front BRUSILOV OFFENSIVE (until October 17) begins on 200-mile front with 1,938-gun shelling at 0400 hours. Russian Eleventh and Ninth Armies take 26,000
Diary June 4, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, June 4, 1941: Home Fronts Germany: Death of ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II, German emperor in World War One, aged 82 (at Doorn, Holland). Air War Egypt: 170 killed,
Diary June 3, 1916
Diary for Saturday, June 3, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Unsuccessful German outflanking move at Fort Vaux. Ypres: Canadian counter-attack recovers lost trenches from previous day. Somme: British repulse German attack
Diary June 3, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, June 3, 1941: East Africa British regain control of Debarech, near Gondar (Ethiopia), after Italians have twice recaptured the town. Sea War Mediterranean: Italian transport explodes during
Diary June 2, 1916
Diary for Friday, June 2, 1916: Sea War North Sea: Grand Fleet again ready for action after the battle of Jutland, German High Seas Fleet repairs take longer (because hit
Diary June 2, 1941
Diary for Monday, June 2, 1941: Politics Hitler and Mussolini confer at Brenner Pass. Neutrals Vichy France: Census of Jews ordered.
Diary June 1, 1916
Diary for Thursday, June 1, 1916: Sea War North Sea: German old battleship Pommern sunk in last battle of Jutland torpedo attack, another, battleship Ostfriesland, mined at 0720 hours and
Diary June 1, 1941
Diary for Sunday, June 1, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: Ju 88 bombers sink AA cruiser Calcutta north of Alexandria. British naval losses in the Airborne invasion of Crete: sunk: 3
Diary May 31, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, May 31, 1916: Sea War North Sea – BATTLE OF JUTLAND (until June 1, German Battle of the Skaggerak): Scheer orders northward sweep to raid Allied shipping
Diary May 31, 1941
Diary for Saturday, May 31, 1941: Middle East Armistice signed between British and Iraqi Army. Neutrals Thailand: Death of ex-King Prajadhipok, son of Chulalongkorn, at Virginia Water, England, aged 47.
Diary May 30, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, May 30, 1916: Sea War North Sea: Royal Navy’s Room 40 gives early warning of German Fleet sortie and that 16 U-boats on sea. Main body of
Diary May 30, 1941
Diary for Friday, May 30, 1941: Middle East Fall of the Raschid Ali regime in Iraq: the usurper flees to Iran.
Diary May 29, 1916
Diary for Monday, May 29, 1916: Western Front Verdun: German attacks on Hill 304 (unsuccessful) and northwest of Cumieres (trenches carried). Eastern Front Kaiser and Falkenhayn visit Hindenburg and Ludendorff
Diary May 29, 1941
Diary for Thursday, May 29, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: British destroyers Imperial and Hereward lost to air attack while evacuating troops from Crete .
