Diary March 2, 1945
Diary for Friday, March 2, 1945: Air War Germany: 2 RAF daylight raids on Cologne. 406 USAAF bombers attacking again Dresden. Western Front 9th US Army takes Krefeld, Venlo and […]
War Diary
Diary March 1, 1915
Diary for Monday, March 1, 1915: Sea War Britain: Government declare it ‘WOULD PREVENT COMMODITIES OF ANY KIND ENTERING OR LEAVING GERMANY’. But, owing to fear of alienating USA and
Diary March 2, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, March 2, 1915: Eastern Front Poland: Russian Twelfth Army night attacks until March 4 west of river Bobr fail – 21,000 casualties and 2 armored cars were
Diary March 1, 1945
Diary for Thursday, March 1, 1945: Western Front München-Gladbach captured by US 9th Army.
Diary March 1, 1940
Diary for Friday, March 1, 1940: Finland Winter War: Russians within 6 km of center of Viipuri. Fierce aerial dog fights over city.
Diary February 29, 1940
Diary for Thursday, February 29, 1940: Finland Winter War: Battle of Viipuri begins. Russians make all-out effort to crush resistance in Karelian Isthmus by encircling city of Viipuri and reaching
Diary February 28, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, February 28, 1940: Finland Winter War: Finns storm entrenched camp of starving 34th Moscow Tank Brigade near Kitelae, capturing 105 tanks, 200 trucks and field cars. Home
Diary February 28, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, February 28, 1945: Western Front US 1st Army crosses river Erth, 10 km from Cologne. Politics Allied-occupied Iran declares war on Japan. Saudi Arabia declares war on
Diary February 28, 1915
Diary for Sunday, February 28, 1915: Air War Britain: Admiral Fisher demands small non-rigid airships with ‘good turn of speed’ for anti-submarine duties. Within 21 days prototype SS (Sea Scouts)
Diary February 27, 1915
Diary for Saturday, February 27, 1915: Western Front Champagne: Beausejour captured by French but only 1,000 German PoWs taken since February 16. Flanders: First Territorial division joins BEF, 46th (North
Diary February 27, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, February 27, 1940: Finland Winter War: Finns begin to withdraw to rear positions of Mannerheim Line.
Diary February 27, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, February 27, 1945: Russian Front Rokossovsky drives into Pomerania. Politics French-occupied Lebanon declares war on Germany and Japan.
Diary February 26, 1915
Diary for Friday, February 26, 1915: Western Front Meuse – First use of flamethrowers: 12 flamethrowers of Abteilung Reddemann support attacking infantry in Bois de Malancourt northeast of Verdun, first
Diary February 26, 1940
Diary for Monday, February 26, 1940: Finland Winter War: Finns announce evacuation of Koivisto coastal fortress, on right flank of Mannerheim Line. Sea War Atlantic: Liner Queen Elizabeth (83,700 tons)
Diary February 26, 1945
Diary for Monday, February 26, 1945: Air War Germany: 8th USAAF carries out 3,000 t. raid with 1,112 bombers on Berlin; 1/2 Million incendiaries dropped. Main targets: 3 railway stations
Diary February 25, 1915
Diary for Thursday, February 25, 1915: Sea War Dardanelles: Super-Dreadnought Queen Elizabeth (8 x 15-in guns) in first action joins 7 Anglo-French battleships in silencing outer forts. Battleship Agamemnon (hit
Diary February 25, 1940
Diary for Sunday, February 25, 1940: Air War First squadron of Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) reaches Britain.
Diary February 25, 1945
Diary for Sunday, February 25, 1945: Western Front 1st and 9th US Armies break German defenses at river Roer west of Cologne, capturing Düren and Jülich.
Diary February 24, 1940
Diary for Saturday, February 24, 1940: Western Front MANSTEIN PLAN ADOPTED by German Army High Command. Hitler accepts proposal by General von Manstein – backed by Generals von Rundstedt and
Diary February 24, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, February 24, 1915: Eastern Front Germans cross river Niemen near Sventsiansk. Western Front Meuse: French artillery in successful counter-battery operations. Fighting at Les Eparges. Sea War Adriatic:
