Diary August 23, 1914
World War One Diary for Sunday, August 23, 1914: WESTERN FRONT Belgium – Battle of Mons: At Mons, in the final of the encounter of the Battle of the Frontiers, […]
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Diary August 23, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, August 23, 1944: WESTERN FRONT Allied forces capture Evreux (Normandy), Melun (southeast of Paris) and Marseilles; Americans reach Grenoble. Eisenhower vetoes Montgomery’s plan for bold
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Diary August 22, 1914
Diary for Saturday, August 22, 1914: WESTERN FRONT Belgium: North of the Ardennes three German armies are continuing to sweep through western Belgium and are beginning to advance to the
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Diary August 22, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, August 22, 1944: WESTERN FRONT Americans capture Sens, southeast of Paris. ITALY Polish and Italian Co-Belligerent forces of British Eight Army reach Metauro river, 48
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Diary August 21, 1914
World War One Diary for Friday, August 21, 1914: WESTERN FRONT Belgium: BATTLE OF CHARLEROI (until August 23) along river Sambre. Bülow forces river and smash 6 French divisions counterattacks
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Diary August 21, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, August 21, 1944: RUSSIAN FRONT Germans retreat towards river Pruth in East Romania. WESTERN FRONT Allied forces cross the Seine, north and south of Paris.
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Diary August 20, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, August 20, 1944: RUSSIAN FRONT 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts attack German-Romanian Army Group South; Romanian 3rd Army broken. SEA WAR German heavy cruiser Prinz
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Diary August 20, 1914
World War One Diary for Thursday, August 20, 1914: WESTERN FRONT Belgium: German forces occupy Brussels, the Belgian capital. Belgian Army withdraws into Antwerp fortress. von Kluck decides to send
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Diary August 19, 1914
World War One Diary for Wednesday, August 19, 1914: SOUTHERN FRONTS Serbia: Battle of the Cer – decisive day. Serb Second Army captures whole ridge as 1st Sumadija Division engages
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Diary August 19, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 19, 1944: OCCUPIED FRANCE UPRISING IN PARIS by FFI (Resistance). Vichy Government flees to Belfort. Petain arrested and taken to Germany. HOME FRONTS Britain:
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Diary August 18, 1914
World War One Diary for Tuesday, August 18, 1914: WESTERN FRONT Belgium: King Albert orders the Belgian Army, some 75,000 men, to retreat to the port of Antwerp, which has
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Diary August 18, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 18, 1944: WESTERN FRONT Germans retreating through ‘Falaise Gap‘ are decimated by Allied Air Forces. SEA WAR Pacific: Japanese carrier Taiyo sunk by US
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Diary August 17, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 17, 1944: WESTERN FRONT FALAISE CAPTURED by British-Canadian forces; Americans take Dreux, Chartres, Chateaudun and Orleans. RUSSIAN FRONT Russian guns bombard German territory –
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Diary August 17, 1914
World War One Diary for Monday, August 17, 1914: EASTERN FRONT East Prussia: Two Russian forces, the First Army under General Pavel Rennenkampf and General Alexander Samsonov‘s Second Army, invade
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Diary August 16, 1914
World War One Diary for Sunday, August 16, 1914: HOME FRONTS Germany: Austrian-born Adolf Hitler volunteers to fight with the German Army. He will serve throughout the conflict on the
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Diary August 16, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, August 16, 1944: WESTERN FRONT Allied seaborne and airborne forces link up in southern France. AIR WAR Europe: Me 163 rocket fighters intercept B-17 Fortress
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Diary August 15, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, August 15, 1944: SEA AND AIR WAR Operation Anvil, later Dragoon: ALLIED 7TH ARMY LANDS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE between Nice and Toulon; airborne forces land
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Diary August 15, 1914
Diary for Saturday, August 15, 1914: WESTERN FRONT Belgium: FALL OF LIEGE. Garrison Commander General Leman taken PoW in ruins of Fort Loncin. D’esperey’s I Corps (1,000 casualties) with Petain’s
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Diary August 14, 1914
World War One Diary for Friday, August 14, 1914: WESTERN FRONT BATTLE OF LORRAINE (August 14-22): including Battles of Morhange (August 14-20) and Sarrebourg (August 14-20). Southeast of Metz two
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Diary August 14, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, August 14, 1944: WESTERN FRONT Canadians and Americans push towards Falaise, from North and South, supported by RAF.
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