Diary February 1, 1940
Diary Thursday, February 1, 1940 Finland Winter War – Second battle of Summa: Russian 7th Army batters key sector of Mannerheim Line near village of Summa, with waves of tanks […]
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Diary February 1, 1945
Diary for Thursday, February 1, 1945 Russian Front Poland: Rokossovsky captures Torun after 6-day siege. Western Front Alsace: US 7th Army crosses river Moder.
Diary January 31, 1945
Wednesday, January 31, 1945 Home Fronts USA: 16 war workers’ children killed by fire in nursery at Auburn, Maine. Germany: Gollob (150 victories) succeeds Galland as General der Jagdflieger. Russian
Diary January 31, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, January 31, 1940 Secret War Italy: Secret British military mission to Italy orders 300 Caproni Re 2000 fighters. Germany vetoes deal in April. British attempts to obtain
Diary January 31, 1915
Diary for Sunday, January 31, 1915: Eastern Front Poland: First use of poison gas (18,000 shells from 600 guns) by German Ninth Army at Bolimow in diversionary attack (until February
Diary January 30, 1915
Diary for Saturday, January 30, 1915: Sea War British Admiralty advise British merchant ships to fly neutral ensign (or none) in home waters. Lusitania arrives at Liverpool on February 6
Diary January 30, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, January 30, 1940 Sea War Heinkel He 111 bombers again attack shipping off British coast. German U-boat U-55 attacks convoy off Land’s End, sinking 2 ships; but
Diary January 30, 1945
Diary for January 30, 1945 Sea War Baltic: WORST SEA DISASTER IN HISTORY. 7,000 refugees drown when Russian Scuka class submarine S-13 sinks liner Wilhelm Gustloff. Western Front Allied forces
Diary January 29, 1915
War Diary World War One for Friday, January 29, 1915: Western Front Flanders: British repulse attack at Culnchy near La Bassee. BEF CoS Sir A Murray goes home, replaced by
Diary January 29, 1940
Monday, January 29, 1940 Finland Winter War: Battle of Kuhmo begins. Finns encircle Russian 54th Division at Kuhmo, in the ‘Waist’. Heavy Russian air raids on Finnish ports. Politics Russia
Diary January 29, 1945
Monday, January 29, 1945 Russian Front Poland: Zhukov encircles large German garrison in Poznan. Sea War Baltic: German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and destroyers bombard advancing Russian forces on East
Diary January 28, 1915
War Diary World War One for Thursday, January 28, 1915: Western Front Flanders: Allies take Great Dune. Artois: German attack at Bellacourt. Argonne: French 58 mm trench mortar first fired in
Diary January 28, 1940
Sunday, January 28, 1940 Home Fronts Britain: Director of Censorship permits newspapers belatedly to reveal details of Britain’s (MAIN EVENT) the coldest winter since 1894: River Thames and Southampton Docks
Diary January 28, 1945
Sunday, January 28, 1945 China First supply convoy reaches China via Ledo Road. Western Front Ardennes: US 1st Army attacks east of St Vith. Air War Europe: 1,000 bombers of
Diary January 27, 1940
Saturday, January 27, 1940 Home Fronts Britain: Winston Churchill (uneasy at slow increase in war production) speaks at Free Trade Hall, Manchester: ‘each to our station … there is not
Diary January 27, 1915
War Diary World War One for Wednesday, January 27, 1915: Western Front Argonne: French repulse attacks. Meuse: French artillery destroy German bridge at St Mihiel. Vosges: French advance near Senones.
Diary January 27, 1945
Saturday, January 27, 1945 Russian Front Zhukov‘s forces now only 161 km from Berlin; Memel falls. Sea War Atlantic: 5 ships sunk by U-boat U-1232 off Halifax during January.
Diary January 26, 1940
Friday, January 26, 1940 Home Fronts France: Paul Ferdonnet, the ‘Radio Traitor’ – notorious for his pro-Nazi broadcasts in French language from Stuttgart – is tried in absentia by a
Diary January 26, 1915
War Diary World War One for Tuesday, January 26, 1915: Middle East Egypt: Turk feint attacks at Kantara and also at Kubri (7 miles (ca. 11 km) north of Suez)
Diary January 26, 1945
Friday, January 26, 1945 Russian Front Rokossovsky breaks through the Gulf of Danzig, virtually isolating German forces in East Prussia. Western Front Lieutenant Audie Murphy, most decorated US soldier of
