Diary September 7, 1940
Diary for Saturday, September 7, 1940: Air War BATTLE OF LONDON BEGINS: Göring launches massive day-light ‘reprisal’ raid, in answer to RAF attacks on Berlin, with 1,000 aircraft (inc. 350 […]
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Diary September 7, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, September 7, 1915: Sea War North Sea: Dover Patrol and French bombardment of Ostend with air-spotting, monitor Lord Clive damaged by 5 shells from new Tirpitz Battery
Diary September 7, 1945
Diary for Friday, September 7, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Allied Victory Parade in Berlin.
Diary September 6, 1915
Diary for Monday, September 6, 1915: Southern Fronts Falkenhayn, Conrad and Colonel Gancev (Bulgaria) sign military convention for crushing of Serbia. Politics Secret Central Powers Military Convention with Bulgaria signed
Diary September 6, 1940
Diary for Friday, September 6, 1940: Air War Battle of Britain (Day 59): Airfield attacks continue; Hawker factory at Weybridge bombed. Home Fronts Britain: King and Queen visit RAF Fighter
Diary September 6, 1945
Diary for Thursday, September 6, 1945: Southwest Pacific Unconditional surrender of strong Japanese forces in Southwest Pacific signed aboard British carrier Glory off Rabaul. Occupied countries Germany: Eisenhower lifts Press
Diary September 5, 1915
Diary for Sunday, September 5, 1915: Eastern Front TSAR TAKES SUPREME COMMAND: Alexeiev his CoS, Grand Duke Nicholas and his staff leave on September 7. Middle East Gallipoli: ANZAC troops
Diary September 5, 1940
Diary for Thursday, September 5, 1940: Air War Luftwaffe raid Biggin Hill and Detling airfields; Ju 88s and He 111s fire oil storage tanks at Thameshaven (these burn for many
Diary September 5, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, September 5, 1945: Home Fronts USA: State Department alleges that Japanese Government ignored 19 US protests against atrocities committed against American troops.
Diary September 4, 1915
Diary for Saturday, September 4, 1915: Western Front Artillery duels round Arras and north of Chalons. Eastern Front Poland: Bugarmee’s Battle of Drohiczyn-Chomst until September 6. Southern Fronts Italian Front:
Diary September 4, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, September 4, 1940: Air War Me 110 fighter-bombers (6 lost) make devastating low-level raid on Vickers’ factory at Brooklands (Surrey) killing 88, injuring 600 and halting production
Diary September 4, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, September 4, 1945: Occupied countries Singapore: BRITISH-INDIAN FORCES RETURN TO SINGAPORE. Politics Allies inform Spain that they intend to re-establish international zone of Tangier.
Diary September 3, 1915
Diary for Friday, September 3, 1915: Sea War Germany: Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Bachmann resigned and replaced by Admiral Holtzendorff for advocating unrestricted U-boat warfare but both refuse to
Diary September 3, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, September 3, 1940: Sea War Hitler postpones launching of Operation Sea Lion from September 15 to September 21. US forces to occupy naval and air bases in
Diary September 3, 1945
Diary for Monday September 3, 1945: Philippines Surrender of Japanese forces, under General Yamashita. Philippines Losses Japanese: 450,000; US: 62,143 including 13,700 KIA.
Diary September 2, 1915
Diary for Thursday, September 2, 1915: Home Fronts Russia: Council of Ministers vainly begs Tsar not to replace Grand Duke Nicholas or suspend Duma indefinitely. Britain: King and Kitchener inspect
Diary September 2, 1940
Diary for Monday, September 2, 1940: Air War Heavy raids on airfields. Serious damage at Detling and Eastchurch (bomb dump explodes). Surprise low-level attack on Biggin Hill. Fighter-bomber unit Erpr.Grp.210
Diary September 2, 1945
Diary for Sunday, September 2, 1945: Politics SURRENDER DOCUMENT SIGNED BY JAPANESE AND ALLIED LEADERS (headed by MacArthur and Foreign Minister Shigemitsu) aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Occupied countries
Diary September 1, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, September 1, 1915: Air War Heavy losses to Fokker E‘s compel French to abandon long-range daylight bombing from Nancy-Malzeville; shorter-range operations (Lens and Cambrai areas) continue from
Diary September 1, 1940
Diary for Sunday, September 1, 1940: Air War Battle of Britain (Day 54): four major attacks on fighter airfields in the Southeast; Biggin Hill again badly damaged. First RAF raid
