Diary June 13, 1915
Diary for Sunday, June 13, 1915: Western Front Flanders: Canadians discard unreliable Ross rifles for standard SM Lee-Enfield, enter Messines sector on June 28. Artois: French checked at Souchez. Petain […]
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Diary June 13, 1940
Diary for Thursday, June 13, 1940: Home Fronts Britain: 120,000 school-children to be evacuated from London. Germany: Hitler gives an interview to American journalist Carl von Wiegand: he had no
Diary June 13, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, June 13, 1945: Okinawa End of organized Japanese resistance in Oroku sector. Farther south, heavy Japanese gunfire forces Americans to use tanks for all normal MT duties
Diary June 12, 1915
Diary for Saturday, June 12, 1915: Southern Fronts Carnic Alps: Italians occupy two passes and repel Austrian attacks on June 25. Isonzo: Italians attack Hill 383 seven times. Eastern Front
Diary June 12, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, June 12, 1940: France Rommel captures remnants of French IX Corps and British 51st Highland Division at St.Valery-en-Caux, near Le Havre. Germans reach the Marne and cross
Diary June 12, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, June 12, 1945: Okinawa Japanese marines in Oroku sector request cease-fire, which will permit them to commit hara-kiri; hundreds jump off cliffs or disembowel themselves with grenades.
Diary June 11, 1915
Diary for Friday, June 11, 1915: Air War North Sea – First-ever use of reconnaissance seaplanes with battle fleet at sea: Sopwith Baby seaplanes from HMS Campania observe movements of
Diary June 11, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, June 11, 1940: France German vanguards approach Pontoise, thereby threatening Paris from the northwest. Sea War Mediterranean: British Mediterranean Fleet and French cruiser squadron sweep Eastern Mediterranean
Diary June 11, 1945
Diary for Monday, June 11, 1945: Okinawa Japanese pocket in Oroku sector now only 914 meters square.
Diary June 10, 1915
Diary for Thursday, June 10, 1915: Sea War Adriatic: Austrian U11 alias German coastal submarine UB15 (Heimburg) surprises and sinks Italian submarine Medusa. Middle East Armenia: Turks win Second Battle
Diary June 10, 1940
Diary for Monday, June 10, 1940: Politics ITALY DECLARES WAR ON BRITAIN AND FRANCE. Hostilities to begin at midnight. CANADA DECLARES WAR ON ITALY. French Government leaves Paris for Tours,
Diary June 10, 1945
Diary for Sunday, June 10, 1945: Okinawa US 24th Corps launches all-out attack on Yaeju-Dake Line, in extreme south. US Marines compress Japanese pocket in Oroku sector. Sea War Pacific
Diary June 9, 1940
Diary for Sunday, June 9, 1940: France German Army Group A (45 divisions) attacks on the river Aisne. 5th Panzer Division captures Rouen. Norway GERMAN-NORWEGIAN ARMISTICE. General Dietl receives surrender
Diary June 9, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, June 9, 1915: Eastern Front Baltic Provinces: German attacks repulsed in Shavli district (more attacks on June 12). General Plehve arrives at Riga to lead new Fifth
Diary June 9, 1945
Diary for Saturday, June 9, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Montgomery takes salute at last parade of Guards Armored Division. Politics Anglo-British-Yugoslav Agreement on future status of Trieste. Home Fronts Britain
Diary June 8, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, June 8, 1915: Sea War Dardanelles: HMS Humber first RN monitor to arrive, these shallow-draught heavy-gunned vessels reduce need for more vulnerable battleships. Western Front Artois: Further
Diary June 8, 1940
Diary for Saturday, June 8, 1940: Sea War Carrier Glorious and escorting destroyers Acasta and Ardent sunk in desperate battle with Gneisenau and Scharnhorst south-west of Narvik. Acasta scores damaging
Diary June 8, 1945
Diary for Friday, June 8, 1945: Sea War Pacific: Japanese cruiser Ashigara sunk by British submarine Trenchant off Sumatra.
Diary June 7, 1915
Diary for Monday, June 7, 1915: Eastern Front Galicia: Lechitski evacuates Kalusz and Nadworna in east and all of Bukovina on June 12. Austrians retake Stanislau next day and Kolomea
Diary June 7, 1940
Diary for Friday, June 7, 1940: France Rommel advances 30 miles (ca. 48 km) to Forges-Ies-Eaux, north of Rouen. Air War French Naval Air Force attempts token bombing raid on
