War Diary of World War One for Sunday, September 27, 1914: Western Front FIRST BATTLE OF ARTOIS (until October 12) begins. Antwerp: Beseler deploys 125,000 troops including siege train of […]
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WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 27, 1944: Russian Front 2nd and 3rd Belorussian Fronts make unsuccessful attempt to storm the ‘Sigulda Line’, northeast of Riga. Western Front British 2nd
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WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 26, 1944: Russian Front The Central Front stabilizes along line of Rivers Narew and Vistula. Russians have advanced 604 km since June 23 and
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War Diary of World War One for Saturday, September 26, 1914: Western Front Somme: First Battle of Picardy ends. Castelnau halted at line Ribecourt-Roye-Chaulnes-Bray-sur-Somme to await formation of new Tenth
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WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 26, 1939: Poland Massive indiscriminate artillery bombardment of Warsaw, followed by major German infantry assault; city center in flames. Poles recapture Mokotow Airport and
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WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 25, 1939: Poland Second German ultimatum to Warsaw Garrison. Mass air attack on the city: 400 bombers and Stukas make repeated sorties, starting huge
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War Diary of World War One for Friday, September 25, 1914: Western Front Meuse: Bavarians enter St Mihiel; after storming French Camp-des-Romains. Dubail soon drives them back to outskirts. Aisne:
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WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 25, 1944: Western Front Remnants of British 1st Airborne Division withdrawn over the Rhine by night, after suffering 7,000 casualties. Home Fronts Germany: Allies
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War Diary of World War One for September 24, 1914: Western Front Germans retake and then lose again Peronne on river Somme. Joffre orders shell economies, reduces daily issue to
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 24, 1939: Poland Germans isolate Modlin Fortress, North of Warsaw. Russians enter Galician oilfields.
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 24, 1944: Western Front Renewed efforts to save British airborne forces at Arnhem. Sea: War Arctic: Anti-submarine nets foil attempted U-boat attack on Russian
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 23, 1939: Poland Germans announce capture of Lvov. Politics Mussolini declares that the ‘liquidation’ of Poland presents opportunity for European peace settlement. Home Fronts
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 23, 1944: Western Front Successful German counter-attack north of Eindhoven. Air War Europe: RAF night raids on Münster and Neuss (east of Aachen). Lancaster
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War Diary of World War One for Wednesday, September 23, 1914: Western Front Rupprecht’s Sixth Army completes transfer from Lorraine to Artois, which was begun on September 16. Aisne: Battlefront
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 22, 1939: Poland Russo-German victory parade at Brest-Litovsk. Colonel-General von Fritsch, former German Army C-in-C and leading anti-Nazi, killed by rifle fire outside Warsaw
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 22, 1944: Russian Front Russians capture Tallinn (Estonia). Western Front Germans surrender at Boulogne. Stolberg (east of Aachen) captured. Air War Germany: USAAF bombers
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War Diary of World War One for Tuesday, September 22, 1914: Sea War North Sea: 3 old British cruisers Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue torpedoed and sunk within an hour by
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War Diary of World War One for Monday, September 21, 1914: Western Front French reoccupy Noyon and dispute Lassigny until next day. Bavarian III Corps advance on St Mihiel, thus
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 21, 1939: Poland Artillery bombardment of key points in Warsaw greatly intensified. Neutrals Romania: Prime Minister Calinescu shot dead by fascists of the Iron
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 21, 1944: Russian Front Polish 1st Army forced to withdraw from its bridgeheads in Warsaw. Western Front Infantry of British 2nd Army tries to
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