Diary JULY 4, 1914
World War One Diary for Saturday, July 4, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Archduke’s funeral at Artstetten family castle, 50 miles West of Vienna, after Hofburg Vienna lying-in-state.
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Diary July 4, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, July 4, 1944: Western Front Normandy: British 2nd Army takes Carpiquet, west of Caen. Air War Western Europe: V-1 storage depots in limestone caverns at
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Diary JULY 3, 1914
World War One Diary for Friday, July 3, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Hungarian Prime Minister Count Tisza demands in letter to Count Berchtold that Council of Ministers meet. POLITICS: TURKEY Constantinople
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Diary July 3, 1944
World War One Diary for Monday, July 3, 1944: Eastern Front Central Sector: 100,000-strong German 4th Army encircled at Minsk. Mediterraneany Italy: Siena captured by Free-French troops. Sea War Channel:
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Diary JULY 2, 1914
World War One Diary for Thursday, July 2, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA German Ambassador assures Count Berchtold and Emperor Francis Joseph (‘I see a very dark future’) of Berlin’s support. Francis
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Diary July 2, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, July 2, 1944: Sea War Pacific: Americans land on Noemfoor Island, west of Biak. Crew of Japanese submarine I-8 murders survivors of SS Jean Nicolet.
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Diary JULY 1, 1914
World War One Diary for Wednesday, July 1, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Austrian battleship Viribus Unitis arrives at Trieste with Sarajevo victims’ bodies. POLITICS: SOUTH AFRICA Indian Relief Act. POLITICS: USA
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Diary July 1, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 1, 1944: Sea War Pacific: US submarine Cobia sinks 6 ships in Japanese home waters during July; submarine Ray torpedoes 5 ships in Philippines-East
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Diary JUNE 30, 1914
World War One Diary for Tuesday, June 30, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY German Ambassador in Vienna informs Berlin that the Austrian Foreign Minister Count Berchtold holds Belgrade for responsible of the
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Diary June 30, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, June 30, 1944: Air War Western Europe: 250 Avro Lancaster bombers drop 1,000 t bombs on 2nd SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich and 9th SS Panzer Division,
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Diary JUNE 29, 1914
World War One Diary for Monday, June 29, 1914: POLITICS: SERBIA Secretary of Austrian Legation in Belgrade suggests Serb complicity in Sarajevo murders. POLITICS: AUSTRIA-HUNGARY Anti-Serb riots in Vienna, Bruenn,
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Diary June 29, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, June 29, 1944: Western Front Normandy: AMERICANS CAPTURE CHERBOURG. Eastern Front Central sector: Russians encircle German forces at Bobruisk. Pacific New Guinea: Australians reach river
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Diary JUNE 28, 1914
World War One Diary for Sunday, June 28, 1914: BOSNIA MURDERING OF ARCHDUKE FRANCIS FERDINAND AT SARAJEVO, AUSTRIAN HEIR, together with his wife Sophie, the Duchess of Hohenberg, during their
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Diary June 28, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, June 28, 1944: Eastern Front Central Sector: 3rd BRF and supporting tank army, begin crossing river Berezina. Field Marshal Busch dismissed from Army Group Centre;
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Diary June 27, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, June 27, 1944: Sea War Channel: German armed trawlers M.4611 and V.213 gallantly engage destroyers Eskimo and Huron off Jersey (night June 27-28).
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Diary June 27, 1919
World War One Diary for Friday, June 27, 1919: France – Peace Process: China says she will not sign Treaty due to Shantung clauses. Germany accepts final protocol. Next day,
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Diary June 26, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, June 26, 1944: Western Front Normandy: Americans capture General Schlieben, Cherbourg fortress commander and Rear Admiral Henneke, naval commander. British 2nd Army attacks west of
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Diary June 26, 1919
World War One Diary for Thursday, June 26, 1919: Germany: Fightings in Berlin and Hamburg. Britain: Haig appeals to workmen and unions to help unemployed ex-servicemen find work.
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Diary June 25, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, June 25, 1944: Eastern Front Central Sector: Russians trap 40,000 Germans west of Vitebsk. Northern Sector: Finns forced back 0.8 km at Tali, north of
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