Diary March 11, 1940
Diary for Monday, March 11, 1940: Sea War German U-boat U-31 is bombed and sunk by RAF Blenheim bomber in Schillig Roads, northwest Germany. She is subsequently raised, recommissioned, and […]
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Diary March 11, 1915
Diary for Thursday, March 11, 1915: Western Front Flanders – Neuve Chapelle: Two German counter-attacks repulsed (c. 500 killed by 2nd Rifle Brigade), but 6th Bavarian Reserve Division now present.
Diary March 11, 1945
Diary for Sunday, March 11, 1945: Air War Germany: 1,055 RAF bombers dropping 4,700 t. bombs on rail targets at Essen; all production stops at Krupp’s Works. 1,000 US bombers
Diary March 10, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, March 10, 1915: Western Front Flanders – Battle of Neuve Chapelle (until March 13): Although Joffre has abandoned his planned March combined offensive, Sir J French persists
Diary March 10, 1940
Diary for Sunday, March 10, 1940: Finland Winter War: Russians capture Repola (northeast of Viipuri), Karppila and Ruhela on north shore of Viipuri Bay. Marshal Mannerheim urges Finnish Government to
Diary March 10, 1945
Diary for Saturday, March 10, 1945: Politics Roosevelt informs Spain she can expect no US aid while Franco dictatorship continues. Western Front Canadians eliminate the Wesel Pocket opposite Xanten. Kesselring
Diary March 9, 1940
Diary for Saturday, March 9, 1940: Finland Winter War: Finnish communiqué admits that Russians have established bridgehead on northwest shore of Viipuri Bay, but claims all other sectors of Karelian
Diary March 9, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, March 9, 1915: Eastern Front German Eleventh Army (Fabeck) formed. Poland: New Gallwitz offensive near Przasnysz checked until March 14. Western Front Argonne: Fighting between Fou de
Diary March 9, 1945
Diary for Friday, March 9, 1945: Air War Pacific: ‘MARCH FIRE BLITZ’ ON TOKYO. 279 low-flying B-29 Superfortresses drop 1,667 t. napalm and oil bombs on Tokyo (night March 9-10);
Diary March 8, 1940
Diary for Friday, March 8, 1940: Finland Winter War: Large quantities of French arms, ammunition and aircraft (175) now en route to Finland.
Diary March 8, 1915
Diary for Monday, March 8, 1915: Sea War Dardanelles: 2 Royal Navy Air Service seaplanes lost, only 2 serviceable. Western Front Flanders: German attack near Dixmude. African Fronts Southwest Africa:
Diary March 8, 1945
Diary for Thursday, March 8, 1945: Burma Indian tanks enter Mandalay. Western Front British 2nd Army captures Xanten: Allied armies now stand along the Rhine from Nijmegen to Koblenz. Air
Diary March 7, 1915
Diary for Sunday, March 7, 1915: Western Front Champagne: French 64th Brigade secures small part of Sabot Wood, fighting until March 15. Sea War Dardanelles: 6 Anglo-French battleships (2 hit)
Diary March 7, 1940
Diary for Thursday, March 7, 1940: Finland Winter War: Fierce fighting continues in Viipuri Bay sector. Air War RAF aircraft, flying from bases in France, drop Polish language leaflets over
Diary March 7, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, March 7, 1945: Western Front LUDENDORFF BRIDGE CAPTURED INTACT. Bridge at Remagen over the Rhine near Bonn captured intact by US 1st Army, which immediately pours across.
Diary March 6, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, March 6, 1940: Politics Finnish government, faced with desperate military situation, sends peace delegation to Moscow.
Diary March 6, 1915
Diary for Saturday, March 6, 1915: African Fronts Southwest Africa: Deventer‘s South Force of 9,000 men invades at Schuit Drift, river Orange. Berrange’s East Force (2,500 mounted infantry with 2
Diary March 6, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, March 6, 1945: Russian Front Poland: Rokossovsky captures encircled fortress of Grudziadz. Operation Frühlingserwachen (‘Spring Awakening’): 6th SS Panzer Army attacks north of lake Balaton in attempt
Diary March 5, 1915
Diary for Friday, March 5, 1915: Sea War Dardanelles: Battleship Queen Elizabeth fires 21,000 yards (ca. 19 km) over Gallipoli Peninsula at Narrows’ forts until next day. Aegean: 2 Royal
Diary March 5, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, March 5, 1940: Western Front Germans capture British outpost in Maginot Line (2 killed, 16 taken prisoner); outpost later recaptured. Finland Winter War: Russians cross ice-bound Viipuri
