Diary August 10, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, August 10, 1915: Southern Fronts Italian Front: Italian Isonzo attacks and also advance in Ortler range (Upper Adige); 45th Infantry Regiment capture Cima Bois. Eastern Front Poland: […]
War Diary
Diary August 10, 1940
Diary for Saturday, August 10, 1940: Air War First flight of Macchi-Castoldi C.202 Folgore powered by imported Daimler-Benz engine – designed to replace obsolete fighters of Italian Regia Aeronautica (enters
Diary August 10, 1945
Diary for Friday, August 10, 1945: Home Fronts Japan: Radio Tokyo announces that Japan is willing to surrender provided future status of the Emperor can be assured.
Diary August 9, 1915
Diary for Monday, August 9, 1915: Air War Britain: 4 German Navy Zeppelins carry out scattered bombing on East Coast (night August 9-10, 38 casualties). L12 damaged by anti-aircraft fire
Diary August 9, 1940
Diary for Friday, August 1940: Air War Sunderland shipyard bombed (raider shot down). Widespread night raids over Britain. RAF raid Guernsey airfield.
Diary August 9, 1945
Diary for Thursday, August 9, 1945: Air War Pacific: DESTRUCTION OF NAGASAKI. B-29 Superfortress ‘Bock’s Car‘ drops 20-kilotonne atomic bomb (‘Fat Man‘). Area of 4 sq km destroyed. Atomic Bomb
Diary August 8, 1915
Diary for Sunday, August 8, 1915: Sea War Dardanelles: Turk battleship Heirredin Barbarossa sunk by British submarine E11 (Nasmith) south of Bulair, which also sinks 2 transports and 2 ammo
Diary August 8, 1940
Diary for Thursday, August 8, 1940: Air War Battle of Britain (Day 30): Large formations of Ju 87 Stukas, with heavy fighter escort, make three separate attacks on 18-ship convoy
Diary August 8, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, August 8, 1945: Politics RUSSIA DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN (as from August 9). Home Fronts Yugoslavia: King Peter gives wide-ranging powers to Tito.
Diary August 7, 1915
Diary for Saturday, August 7, 1915: Middle East Gallipoli – Suvla bridgehead: 20,000 British soldiers (10th Division joins 11th Division) ashore at wrong places in burning heat, short of water,
Diary August 7, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, August 7, 1940: East Africa Last reinforcements (2nd Battalion Black Watch) reach British Somaliland.
Diary August 7, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, August 7, 1945: Home Fronts Japan: First flight of Nakajima Kikka (‘Orange Blossom’), jet-propelled attack bomber (copy of Me 262).
Diary August 6, 1915
Diary for Friday, August 6, 1915: Middle East Gallipoli: BRITISH SUVLA BAY LANDINGS BEGIN at 2130 hours with 11th Division after 1420 hours Helles attack until next day and Anzac’s
Diary August 6, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, August 6, 1940: Sea War Mediterranean: Italians lay extensive minefields in Sicilian Channel in which two British destroyers are sunk: Hostile (August 23, 1940) and Gallant (January
Diary August 6, 1945
Diary for Monday, August 6, 1945: Air War Pacific – DESTRUCTION OF HIROSHIMA: B-29 Superfortress ‘Enola Gay‘ of 393rd Bomber Squadron, 509th Composite Group, 20th Air Force, commanded by Colonel
Diary August 5, 1915
Diary for Thursday, August 5, 1915: Eastern Front GERMANS ENTER WARSAW. German Tenth Army attacks Kovno (until August 17), but repulsed on August 8 and 9. Austrian Fourth Army wins
Diary August 5, 1940
Diary for Monday, August 5, 1940: Neutrals USA: Roosevelt proposes legislation to combat ‘fifth column’ activities, following exhaustive inquiries by J. Edgar Hoover and FBI.
Diary August 5, 1945
Diary for Sunday, August 5, 1945: Air War Pacific: 325 planes of US 5th and 7th AFs, based on Okinawa, raid Tarumizu, South Japan. Occupied countries Austria: Death of Emil
Diary August 4, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, August 4, 1915: Southern Fronts Trentino: Austrians destroy Lizzan fortress near Rovereto. Italians occupy Col di Lana (Cordevole, Venetian Alps). Greece: Joffre agrees to send French mission
Diary August 4, 1940
Diary for Sunday, August 4, 1940: Sea War Atlantic: Force H leaves Gibraltar for home waters to counter German invasion threat.
