Diary July 30, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, July 30, 1940: Air War German bombers attack shipping between Thames Estuary and Harwich.
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Diary July 30, 1945
Diary for Monday, July 30, 1945: New Guinea Japanese 18th Army makes last stand at village of Numbogua; General Adachi orders his troops ‘to die in honourable defeat’. Sea War
Diary July 29, 1915
Diary for Thursday, July 29, 1915: Eastern Front Poland – Battle of Biskupice: Mackensen cuts Lublin-Kholm railway, Russians evacuate both (July 30 and 31) after II Siberian Corps broken and
Diary July 29, 1940
Diary for Monday, July 29, 1940: Air War Ju 87 Stukas with heavy Me 109E escort raid Dover. Destroyer Delight bombed and sunk off Portland. Losses: German, 11; British, 3.
Diary July 29, 1945
Diary for Sunday, July 29, 1945: Sea War Pacific: Cruiser Indianapolis, sailing unescorted after delivering atomic bomb components to Tinian island, is sunk by Japanese submarine I-58. Ship not missed
Diary July 28, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, July 28, 1915: Western Front French adopt first gas mask and gas shell production begun on July 1. Southern Fronts Italians attack in Cordevole valley (Venetian Alps)
Diary July 28, 1940
Diary for Saturday, July 28, 1940: Air War Battle of Britain (Day 19): air battle over Straits of Dover. ‘Sailor’ Malan wounds Mölders – German fighter ‘ace’ – who crash-lands
Diary July 28, 1945
Diary for Saturday, July 28, 1945: Burma Japanese 28th Army attempts to escape across river Sittang; suffers catastrophic losses – over 13,000 killed or drowned. Politics New British Prime Minister
Diary July 27, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, July 27, 1915: Sea War Dardanelles: French submarine Mariotte lost in Turk net defenses. North Sea: U-boat torpedoes 3 Danish schooners. Western Front German artillery shells Reims
Diary July 27, 1940
Diary for Saturday, July 27, 1940: Air War 50 Ju 87 Stukas attack Convoy ‘Bacon’ in English Channel. Destroyer Codrington sunk at Dover and destroyer Wren off Aldeburgh (Suffolk). Sea
Diary July 27, 1945
Diary for Friday, July 27, 1945: Air War Pacific: B-29 Superfortress drop 660,000 leaflets by night over 11 Japanese cities, warning inhabitants to flee before selected targets are destroyed. By
Diary July 26, 1915
Diary for Monday, July 26, 1915: Southern Fronts Isonzo: Italians capture most of Mt Sei Busi (Carso) but impetus faltering. Western Front Argonne: German setback. Alsace – ‘Second Battle of
Diary July 26, 1940
Diary for Friday, July 26, 1940: Air War RAF daylight raid on Dortmund power station. Politics M Avenol resigns as Secretary-General of League of Nations.
Diary July 26, 1945
Diary for Thursday, July 26, 1945: Politics POTSDAM DECLARATION: Allied leaders demand immediate and unconditional surrender of Japan; threaten ‘prompt and utter destruction’ of Japanese homeland. Home Fronts Britain: CHURCHILL
Diary July 25, 1940
Diary for Thursday, July 25, 1940: Neutrals Switzerland: General Guisan, the C-in-C, addresses all Army officers on the Ruetli Meadow – the birthplace of Swiss independence in 1307 – and
Diary July 25, 1915
Diary for Sunday, July 25, 1915: Air War Western Front: Captain Hawker of No 6 Squadron RFC in Bristol Scout armed with Lewis gun on own 45° mounting defeats 3
Diary July 25, 1945
Diary for Thursday, July 25, 1945: Sea War Pacific: Cruisers Pasadena, Springfield, Wilkes-Barre and Astoria bombard airbases in South Honshu.
Diary July 24, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, July 24, 1940: Sea War Repatriation steamer Meknes carrying 1,277 French sailors to Marseilles, sunk by German E-boat S-27 off Portland (383 dead). Neutrals Romania: Rumanian Government
Diary July 24, 1915
Diary for Saturday, July 24, 1915: Sea War Atlantic: Q-ship Prince Charles sinks U36. Western Front Vosges: La Fontenelle-Laanois position stormed by French troops. Eastern Front Baltic Provinces: Charge by
Diary July 24, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, July 24, 1945: Sea War Pacific: Immobilized Japanese battle fleet virtually annihilated at Kure in 2 massive operations by US and British carrier planes (July 24 and
