Diary October 2, 1941
Second World War Diary for Thursday, October 2, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa – Operation Taifun: Main German armies committed to drive on Moscow. Hitler issues Order of the Day:
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Diary October 2, 1916
Great War Diary for Monday, October 2, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: German counter-attack at Eaucourt. British lose Le Sars, weather breaks: ‘rain fell in torrents, and the
Diary October 1, 1941
Second World War Diary for Wednesday, October 1, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Finnish troops capture Petrozavodsk, on Leningrad–Murmansk railway in Eastern Karelia. However, the Russians later finish a discharge
Diary October 1, 1916
Great War Diary for Sunday, October 1, 1916: Western Front Germany: In October German Army now has 205 divisions (198 in September), 128 in the West. Battle of the Somme
Diary September 30, 1941
Second World War Diary for Tuesday, September 30, 1941: Occupied Territories Russia – BABI YAR MASSACRES: 33,771 Jews killed by SS and Ukrainians outside Kiev (September 29-30). Eastern Front Operation
Diary September 30, 1916
Great War Diary for Saturday, September 30, 1916: Air War Western Front: German September losses 27 aircraft to 123 Anglo-French, RFC attacks 3 airfields. Trenchard writes to War Office via
Diary September 29, 1941
Second World War Diary for Monday, September 29, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops enter Donets Basin (Donbas) industrial region, source of over 60 per cent of Russian coal
Diary September 29, 1916
Great War Diary for Friday, September 29, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British capture strongly fortified Destremont Farm. Colonel H Elles, aged 36, appointed to command British tank
Diary September 28, 1941
Second World War Diary for Sunday, September 28, 1941: Occupied Territories Czechoslovakia: Heydrich, Himmler‘s deputy, appointed Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia.
Diary September 28, 1916
Great War Diary for Thursday, September 28, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British capture most of Schwaben Redoubt and Canadian Corps advance 1,000 yds north and northeast of
Diary September 27, 1941
Second World War Diary for Saturday, September 27, 1941: Air War Western Europe: Blenheim bombers, escorted by Spitfire V fighters, bomb Amiens rail junction; 21 German and 13 British fighters
Diary September 27, 1916
Great War Diary for Wednesday, September 27, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British attack Stuff Redoubt and advance north of Flers. Thiepval (ruins) captured by British after hand-to-hand
Diary September 26, 1941
Second World War Diary for Friday, September 26, 1941: Home Fronts Britain – Wrekin (Shropshire) by-election: Colegate (Conservative) wins with 9,946 votes, but Pemberton-Billing (‘Bomb Berlin’ candidate) gets 7,121 votes.
Diary September 26, 1916
Great War Diary for Tuesday, September 26, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme – Battle of Thiepval Ridge (until September 28): British with 13 Tank Mk I capture Thiepval
Diary September 25, 1941
Second World War Diary for Thursday, September 25, 1941: Air War Operation Barbarossa: German parachute troops dropped over the Crimea.
Diary September 25, 1916
Great War Diary for Monday, September 25, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme – Battle of Morval (until September 28): Allied attack at 1235 hours. British with 2 tanks
Diary September 24, 1941
Second World War diary for Wednesday, September 24, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Marshal Budenny re-groups Russian forces to defend city of Kharkov.
Diary September 24, 1916
Diary for Sunday, September 24, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British repulse counter-attack west of Lesboeufs. Air War Western Front: 60 RFC fighters (3 lost) destroy at least
Diary September 23, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, September 23, 1941: Occupied Territories France: De Gaulle forms Free French National Committee. German authorities in Paris announce that any French male assisting or hiding a British
Diary September 23, 1916
Diary for Saturday, September 23, 1916: Air War Britain: 9 of 12 Zeppelins reach East England (night September 23-24), drop 371 bombs causing 170 civilian casualties (151 in London) but
