Diary March 15, 1940
Diary for Friday, March 15, 1940: Air War RAF aircraft drop leaflets over Warsaw (night March 15-16). A Whitley, low on fuel, lands by mistake in a field in West […]
War Diary
Diary March 15, 1915
Diary for Monday, March 15, 1915: Western Front Flanders: British 27th Division regain lost ground at St Eloi, repulse fresh German attack on March 17. Aisne: General Maunoury of Sixth
Diary March 15, 1945
Diary for Thursday, March 15, 1945: Burma Japanese counter-attack at Meiktila (they retreat March 28). Air War Germany: Wehrmacht GHQ at Zossen, south of Berlin, pounded by 576 bombers of
Diary March 14, 1940
Diary for Thursday, March 14, 1940: Finland Winter War: Evacuation of 470,000 people from lost territories commences (completed March 26).
Diary March 14, 1915
Diary for Sunday, March 14, 1915: Sea War Pacific: German cruiser Dresden (24 casualties) blows herself up under white flag off Juan Fernandez after being trapped at anchor by RN
Diary March 14, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, March 14, 1945: Air War Germany: Bielefeld Viaduct smashed by 22,000-lb bomb, (‘Grand Slam‘), thereby preventing movement from the Ruhr to Remagen. Russian Front Slovakia: Russians capture
Diary March 13, 1915
Diary for Saturday, March 13, 1915: Western Front Flanders – Battle of Neuve Chapelle ends. British 7th Division makes ground towards Aubers Ridge; 612 PoWs taken. Eastern Front Galicia: Selivanov
Diary March 13, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, March 13, 1940: Finland Winter War: Cease-fire on all fronts at 11 a.m. Field Marshal Mannerheim’s last Order of the Day to Finnish Army: ‘A severe peace
Diary March 13, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, March 13, 1945: Burma British capture Maymyo, cutting rail communications of Japanese garrison in Mandalay.
Diary March 12, 1915
Diary for Friday, March 12, 1915: Western Front Flanders – Neuve Chapelle: 16,000-strong German counterattacks from 0500 hours, easily repulsed by IV and Indian Corps; III Corps takes L’Epinette. Fighting
Diary March 12, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, March 12, 1940: Politics TREATY OF MOSCOW ends 104-day Russo-Finnish Winter War. Finland loses Karelian Isthmus (inc. city of Viipuri and Vuoksi ‘industrial belt’), Hango naval base,
Diary March 12, 1945
Diary for Monday, March 12, 1945: Russian Front Zhukov takes Küstrin on the river Oder. Rokossovsky captures Tczew and reaches Gulf of Danzig, south of Gdynia. Air War Germany: 1,107
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
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
