Diary December 28, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Thursday, December 28, 1944: Western Front Eisenhower meets with Montgomery at Hasselt (Belgium) to concert Ardennes counter-offensive.
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Diary December 28, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Thursday, December 28, 1939: China Repeated Japanese bombing raids on Lanchow, vital Chinese military supply base (northwest China). Finland Winter War: Russian High Command orders preparations
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Diary December 27, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, December 27, 1944: Russian Front SIEGE OF BUDAPEST begins. Western Front 3rd US Army establishes ‘safe’ corridor to Bastogne. Air War Germany: 8th USAAF bombs
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Diary December 27, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, December 27, 1939: Sea War North Sea: Defensive minefield to be laid off British East Coast, from Moray Firth to Thames Estuary. Finland Winter War:
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Diary December 27, 1914
War Diary World War One for Sunday, December 27, 1914: Western Front Joffre and Field Marshall French confer at Chantilly. Artois: 10 Chasseurs de Alpins battalions capture 800 yards (0.73
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Diary December 26, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 26, 1944: Western Front Tanks of 4th Armored Division (3rd US Army commanded by Patton) break through to Bastogne and relieve the garrison. Air
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Diary December 26, 1914
War Diary World War One for Saturday, December 26, 1914: Western Front Artois: Petain (XXXIII Corps) reports on deep mud delaying advance, Tenth Army attack postponed. Argonne: Italian Legion, 4th
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Diary December 26, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 26, 1939: Politics USA and twenty Latin American States issue joint protest against River Plate Battle infringement of Pan-American ‘Security Zone’ (rejected by Britain
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Diary December 25, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 25, 1944: Western Front German Panzers halted by US armor at Celles, 6 km east of the Meuse, having advanced 80 km since mid-December.
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Diary December 25, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Monday, December 25, 1939: Western Front Hitler on 3-day visit. Finland Winter War: On a cold Christmas Day (-30 °C), Helsinki, Viipuri and over 30 other Finnish
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Diary December 25, 1914
War Diary World War One for Friday, December 25, 1914: Sea War North Sea – The Cuxhaven Raid: British seaplane carriers Empress, Engadine and Riviera launch 7 Short float planes
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Diary December 24, 1914
War Diary World War One for Thursday, December 24, 1914: Western Front Champagne: French 33rd Infantry Division clears Bois des Moutons with bayonet. Flanders: Â’CHRISTMAS TRUCE‘ (unofficial). Sniffily dismissed by
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Diary December 24, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 24, 1944: Russian Front RUSSIAN TANKS ENTER BUDAPEST. Air War Europe: Allied Tactical Air Forces fly 600 sorties over the Ardennes; 260 planes drop
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Diary December 24, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 24, 1939: Occupied countries Poland: Russo-German agreement re-establishes rail links between the two occupied zones.
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Diary December 23, 1914
War Diary World War One for Wednesday, December 23, 1914: Middle East Armenia: Istomin’s brigade of 8,000 men forced by 3 Turk divisions of X Corps to abandon Olta in
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Diary December 23, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 23, 1939: Finland Winter War: Finnish counterattack on Karelian Isthmus. Finns suffer 1,500 casualties and call off attack at nightfall; stalemate ensues. Neutrals Ireland:
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Diary December 23, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 23, 1944: Air War Europe: Allied Tactical Air Forces fly 900 sorties against German armor and motor transports in the ‘Bulge’. 26 V-2s explode
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Diary December 22, 1914
War Diary World War One for Tuesday, December 22, 1914: Western Front Flanders: British I Corps relieves Indian Corps and German pressure eases at Givenchy, lost trenches regained next day.
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Diary December 22, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 22, 1939: Home Fronts France: Chamber of Deputies votes credits of 304,000,000,000 Francs for the production of armaments in 1940. Prime Minister Daladier announces
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Diary December 22, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 22, 1944: Western Front: Ardennes: Germans make the final effort to reach the Meuse and break through to Antwerp. General McAuliffe, commander US 101st
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