Diary September 21, 1945
Diary for Friday, September 21, 1945: Home Fronts India: Congress Party demands that Southeast Asia be freed from ‘Imperialist domination’.
War Diary
Diary September 20, 1915
Diary for Monday, Septenmber 20, 1915: African Fronts East Africa – Action of Longido, just west across German border: 80 dug-in German soldiers repel 450 British. King’s African Rifles carry
Diary September 20, 1940
Diary for Friday, September 20, 1940: Sea War Atlantic: First successful U-boat Wolf-pack operation: three of the ‘ace’ commanders – Schepke (U-100), Prien (U-47) and Kretschmer (U-99) – scatter Convoy
Diary September 20, 1945
Diary for Thursday, September 20, 1945: Sea War Pacific: British and US warships arrive at Shanghai.
Diary September 19, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, September 19, 1945: Occupied countries Indo-China: British and French forces suppress Vietnamese nationalist insurgents at Saigon. Home Fronts Britain: ‘Lord Haw-Haw‘ sentenced to death at the Old
Diary September 19, 1940
Diary for Thursday, September 19, 1940: Sea War Hitler orders dispersal of invasion fleet to reduce losses from British bombing raids. Home Fronts Britain: Waterloo railway station reopened (bombed September
Diary September 19, 1915
Diary for Sunday, September 19, 1915: Eastern Front Falkenhayn forces Hindenburg to release more than 7 divisions, Kaiser backs him. Galicia: Army Group Böhm-Ermolli (Colonel-General) formed from Austrian Second Army
Diary September 18, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, September 18, 1945: Home Fronts USA: Henry L. Stimson resigns as Secretary for War; succeeded by RB. Patterson.
Diary September 18, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, September 18, 1940: North Africa Italian 10th Army halts near Sidi Barrani, Egypt (captured September 16), and remains inactive for next 3 months because of ‘supply difficulties’
Diary September 18, 1915
Diary for Saturday, September 18, 1915: Air War Western Front: Immelmann and Boelcke share a victory, latter’s third. Eastern Front German Tenth Army (Eichhorn) takes Vilna and 22,000 PoWs. Sea
Diary September 17, 1915
Diary for Friday, September 17, 1915: Western Front German First Army dissolved. French Chemical Warfare Service formed (commission since April 28). Eastern Front Brusilov’s 4 divisions check Austrian Fourth Army
Diary September 17, 1945
Diary for Monday, September 17, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Josef Kramer and 44 other SS officers stand trial at Lüneburg on charges of conspiracy to commit mass murder at Auschwitz
Diary September 17, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, September 17, 1940: Air War Large formations of Me 109Es carry out sweeps over Kent. Germans lose 8 aircraft; RAF, 5 fighters. Night raiders (total 268) destroy
Diary September 16, 1915
Diary for Thursday, September 16, 1915: Eastern Front Kaiser visits Kovno. Pripet: Bugarmee occupies Pinsk. African Fronts East Africa: British officials’ home leave ended except on medical grounds. Sea War
Diary September 16, 1945
Diary for Sunday, September 16, 1945: Hong Kong Surrender of Japanese forces at Hong Kong.
Diary September 16, 1940
Diary for Monday, September 16, 1940: Air War Minor daylight raids on Southeast England (bad weather). Night raids on London by 150 aircraft; damage in West End. Göring orders fresh
Diary September 15, 1945
Diary for Saturday, September 15, 1945: Home Fronts USA: Hurricane ravages South Florida and Bahamas; 366 planes and 25 blimps destroyed at Richmond Naval Air Station, Florida.
Diary September 15, 1940
Diary for Sunday, September 15, 1940: Air War BATTLE OF BRITAIN SUNDAY: Two major raids on London smashed by RAF, which claims 185 ‘kills’; Germans actually lose 53 aircraft, plus
Diary September 15, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, September 15, 1915: Sea War Mediterranean: 3 Royal Navy S-class small submarines transferred to Italian Navy. Baltic: 3 more Royal Navy E-class submarines have reached Reval. Western
Diary September 14, 1945
Diary for Friday, September 14, 1945: Dutch East Indies Japanese garrison of Celebes surrenders at Menado.
