Diary July 23, 1915
Diary for Friday, July 23, 1915: Air War Austria: Italian Caproni bombers bomb Innsbruck. Eastern Front Poland: Gallwitz storms Rozan and Pultusk fortress bridgeheads and crosses Narew (until July 25), […]
War Diary
Diary July 23, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, July 23, 1940: Home Fronts Britain: Local Defense Volunteers renamed Home Guard. 1,300,000 men have volunteered since May 14; recruiting officially terminated. Third War Budget: income tax
Diary July 23, 1945
Diary for Monday, July 23, 1945: Home Fronts France: Trial of Petain opens at Palais de Justice, Paris.
Diary July 22, 1940
Diary for Monday, July 22, 1940: Air War First ‘kill’ by RAF night fighter equipped with AI (Airborne Interception) radar: Do 17 shot down south of Brighton by Blenheim.
Diary July 22, 1915
Diary for Thursday, July 22, 1915: Western Front Argonne: French advance near Bagatelle, Joffre sacks Sarrail from Third Army; Humbert replaces him for duration. Alsace: German counterattack near Metzeral. Neutrals
Diary July 22, 1945
Diary for Sunday, July 22, 1945: Air War China: 300 planes of FEAF (including new Invader fast bombers) again hit air bases and shipping in Shanghai area. Sea War Pacific:
Diary July 21, 1940
Diary for Sunday, July 21, 1940: Home Fronts Britain: Lt.-Gen. Sir Alan Brooke appointed C-in-C Home Forces. Politics Romania cedes Southern Dobrudja area to Bulgaria. National assemblies in Baltic States
Diary July 21, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, July 21, 1915: Eastern Front Conrad urges Burian to keep separate peace with Russia in view (and on August 6) but no Russian interest. Poland: Woyrsch besieges
Diary July 21, 1945
Diary for Saturday, July 21, 1945: Sea War Pacific: US Navy planes attack shipping in Tsushima Strait and off Fusan (Korea).
Diary July 20, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, July 20, 1915: Sea War North Sea: British submarine C27 towed by Q-ship Princess Louise torpedoes and sinks U23 (Schulthess). Western Front Alsace: French advance toward Munster
Diary July 20, 1940
Diary for Saturday, July 20, 1940: Air War Göring orders creation of first specialized night-fighter wing Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1) – under Oberst Josef Kammhuber. Me 110 night fighter achieves
Diary July 20, 1945
Diary for Friday, July 20, 1945: Home Fronts USA: Congress votes to increase Export-Import Banks lending ceiling from $700 millions to $3,500 millions and passes Bretton Woods Bill. Passed 61-16
Diary July 19, 1940
Diary for Friday, July 19, 1940: Politics Germany: HITLER‘S ‘LAST APPEAL TO REASON’ speech in Reichstag, Berlin, says Britain has no sensible alternative but to reach peace agreement; (Britain rejects,
Diary July 19, 1915
Diary for Monday, July 19, 1915: Air War Western Front: Guynemer’s first victory (of 54) with gunner Guerder (wounded), an Aviatik near Soissons. Promoted to sergeant and awarded Medaille Militaire.
Diary July 19, 1945
Diary for Thursday, July 19, 1945: Air War China: FEAF (Far East Air Forces Command) bombs 4 air bases in Shanghai area.
Diary July 18, 1940
Diary for Thursday, July 18, 1940: Air War Germans attack shipping off south England. RAF daylight raids on invasion barges at Rotterdam and St Orner airfield (3 aircraft lost). RAF
Diary July 18, 1915
Diary for Sunday, July 18, 1915: Southern Fronts Second Battle of the Isonzo (until August 3): Italian Second and Third Armies (260 battalions against 129 Austrian battalions with 462 guns)
Diary July 18, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, July 18, 1945: Air War China: 200 B-24 Liberator and B-25 Mitchell bombers of FEAF (Far East Air Forces command) from Okinawa bomb Kiangwan airfield, Shanghai. Home
Diary July 17, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, July 17, 1940: Politics Britain agrees (under severe Japanese diplomatic pressure) to close the Burma Road – a vital supply route for Chiang Kai-shek‘s armies – for
Diary July 17, 1915
Diary for Saturday, July 17, 1915: Eastern Front Russian Corps report: ‘Superhuman efforts were required to keep the men in the trenches’. Middle East Gallipoli – Helles bridgehead: GOC VIII
