Diary October 16, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 16, 1941: Home Fronts Russia: ‘MOSCOW PANIC’. Russian Government and the Diplomatic Corps leave for Kuibyshev on the Volga (Stalin remains in the capital).
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 16, 1941: Home Fronts Russia: ‘MOSCOW PANIC’. Russian Government and the Diplomatic Corps leave for Kuibyshev on the Volga (Stalin remains in the capital).
World War One Diary for Sunday, October 16, 1916: Middle East Arabia: Captain T E Lawrence of Arab Bureau lands at Jeddah from HMS Lama; meets Abdulla and Ali (October
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 15, 1941: Occupied Territories Russia: SS mobile extermination squad, Einsatzgruppe A, reports that it has shot 125,000 Jews and 5,000 Russians. Eastern Front Operation
World War One Diary for Sunday, October 15, 1916: Air War Western Front: Lieutenant N Prince (5 victories), American creator of Esc Lafayette, dies of wounds. Somme: 333 German aircraft
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 14, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Germans capture Mozhaysk, west of Moscow.
World War One Diary for Saturday, October 14, 1916: Southern Fronts Macedonia: Allied frontal assault fails to take a single Bulgar trench despite gas shell use; French 1,490 casualties, Russians
WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 13, 1941: Sea War Baltic: Russian submarine Shch-323 attacks German light cruiser Koeln and 7 merchant ships (October 13-November 5), but sinks only one
World War One Diary for Friday, October 13, 1916: Eastern Front Transylvania: Rumanian Second Army checks pursuers in Predeal (town falls) and Badza Passes, but Falkenhayn advances through Torzburg Pass
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 12, 1941: Sea War North Sea: German E-boats sink 2 ships in convoy off Cromer, England.
World War One Diary for Thursday, October 12, 1916: Air War Western Front: Canadian RNAS aviator Collishaw scores first of 60 victories. Germany: No 3 Wing RNAS, first British strategic