War Diary of World War One for Friday, October 30, 1914: Western Front Ypres: 2 British battalions repel German 40th Division (700 casualties) north of Armentieres, but Germans capture Zandvoorde […]
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War Diary for Monday, October 30, 1939: Sea War Atlantic: The German U-boat U-56 hits battleship HMS Nelson west of Orkneys but torpedoes fail to explode.
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War Diary of World War One for Thursday, October 29, 1914 Middle East TURKEY ENTERS WAR. Egypt: 2,000 Bedouin reported to be raiding Sinai frontier. Sea War Black Sea: Goeben,
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War Diary for Sunday, October 29, 1944: Western Front Polish Division captures Breda in Holland. Air War Europe: Lancaster bombers attempt to bomb battleship Tirpitz at Tromsö.
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War Diary for Sunday, October 29, 1939: Sea War Atlantic: German warships and U-boats given permission to attack passenger ships in convoys. These passenger ships were used mostly as troop
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War Diary for Saturday, October 28, 1944: Air War Europe: 700 RAF bombers raid Cologne. Lancaster bombers attack U-boat pens at Bergen (Norway). Politics ALLIED-BULGARIAN ARMISTICE signed in Moscow: Bulgaria
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War Diary of World War One for Wednesday, October 28, 1914: Eastern Front Poland: Russians recover Lodz and Radom (by Cossacks). Galicia: Austrians beaten at Sambor. Re-supply of Przemysl (until
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War Diary for Saturday, October 28, 1939: Politics At talks in Moscow, Russians demand strategic Finnish territory in Karelian Isthmus, Hangoe naval base and ice-free port of Petsamo (Arctic) in
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Game review ‘Cauldrons of War – Barbarossa’: My Thoughts on This Intense WWII Strategy Game. Game review of ‘Cauldrons of War – Barbarossa’ We recently got our hands on “Cauldrons
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War Diary for Friday, October 27, 1944: Air War Pacific: Tacloban airstrip (Leyte) operational: 9th USAAF Fighter Squadron flies first mission by Philippines-based US fighters since 1942. Europe: Field Marshal
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War Diary for Friday, October 27, 1939: Neutrals Belgium: King Leopold in broadcast to USA declares Belgium’s determination to defend its neutrality.
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War Diary of World War One for Tuesday, October 27, 1914: Sea War Atlantic – FIRST DREADNOUGHT LOST: British battleship Audacious sunk by mines laid off 26 miles (ca. 42
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War Diary of World War One for Monday, October 26, 1914: Home Fronts Austria: Sarajevo Trial defendants found guilty (all plead so except Princip), verdict and sentences on October 29,
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War Diary for Thursday, October 26, 1939: Politics Soviet government denies Britain’s right to stop Soviet merchant ships bound for Germany.
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War Diary for Thursday, October 26, 1944: Western Front British cross the Scheldt and land on South Beveland (secured by October 30). Home Fronts Britain: Death of Princess Beatrice, favorite
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War Diary for Wednesday, October 25, 1944: Air War Germany: RAF daylight raids on Essen and Homburg oil refinery, near Duisburg. Further massive 8th USAAF attack on Hamm. Sea War
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War Diary for Wednesday, October 25, 1939: Sea War Mediterranean: Three U-boats despatched to Mediterranean. Only U-26 arrives and has no success.
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War Diary of World War One for Sunday, October 25, 1914: Western Front Flanders: At 1600 hours Belgians open Nieuport sluices to flood area east of Nieuport-Dixmude railway, but water
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War Diary of World War One for Saturday, October 24, 1914: Western Front Flanders: British 7th Division expels Germans from Polygon Wood. French marines in Dixmude repel 15 attacks. Germans
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War Diary for Tuesday, October 24, 1944: Sea War Pacific: BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF (October 24-26): 2 Japanese fleets converge on Leyte in desperate bid to destroy US invasion fleet
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