Diary December 30, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 30, 1944: Western Front Fierce fighting in Houffalize–Bastogne sector in the Ardennes. Occupied countries Greece: Archbishop Damaskinos appointed Regent. Air War Germany: 337 RAF […]
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Diary December 30, 1914
War Diary World War One for Wednesday, December 30, 1914: Western Front Flanders: Allies consolidate positions at Ypres. Champagne: French 33rd Division captures 300 yards (0.27 km) of German trenches,
Diary December 30, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 30, 1939: Finland Winter War: General Stern, formerly in command of Russian Far Eastern Army, to direct operations north of Lake Ladoga.
Diary December 29, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 29, 1944: Air War Europe: Lancaster and Halifax bombers are dropping patterns of 12,000-lb bombs on E-boat pens at Rotterdam.
Diary December 29, 1914
War Diary World War One for Tuesday, December 29, 1914: Secret War Britain: Churchill in a letter to Asquith urges Royal Navy Baltic attack to land Russians for march on
Diary December 29, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 29, 1939: Finland Winter War: 250 Finnish ‘suicide squad’ ski troops tear up vital Leningrad–Murmansk railway line at three points.
Diary December 28, 1914
War Diary World War One for Monday, December 28, 1914: Western Front Sir J French proposes amalgamation of BEF and Belgian Army. Flanders: Allies recapture St Georges on river Yser
Diary December 28, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Thursday, December 28, 1944: Western Front Eisenhower meets with Montgomery at Hasselt (Belgium) to concert Ardennes counter-offensive.
Diary December 28, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Thursday, December 28, 1939: China Repeated Japanese bombing raids on Lanchow, vital Chinese military supply base (northwest China). Finland Winter War: Russian High Command orders preparations
Diary December 27, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, December 27, 1944: Russian Front SIEGE OF BUDAPEST begins. Western Front 3rd US Army establishes ‘safe’ corridor to Bastogne. Air War Germany: 8th USAAF bombs
Diary December 27, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, December 27, 1939: Sea War North Sea: Defensive minefield to be laid off British East Coast, from Moray Firth to Thames Estuary. Finland Winter War:
Diary December 27, 1914
War Diary World War One for Sunday, December 27, 1914: Western Front Joffre and Field Marshall French confer at Chantilly. Artois: 10 Chasseurs de Alpins battalions capture 800 yards (0.73
Diary December 26, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 26, 1944: Western Front Tanks of 4th Armored Division (3rd US Army commanded by Patton) break through to Bastogne and relieve the garrison. Air
Diary December 26, 1914
War Diary World War One for Saturday, December 26, 1914: Western Front Artois: Petain (XXXIII Corps) reports on deep mud delaying advance, Tenth Army attack postponed. Argonne: Italian Legion, 4th
Diary December 26, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 26, 1939: Politics USA and twenty Latin American States issue joint protest against River Plate Battle infringement of Pan-American ‘Security Zone’ (rejected by Britain
Diary December 25, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 25, 1944: Western Front German Panzers halted by US armor at Celles, 6 km east of the Meuse, having advanced 80 km since mid-December.
Diary December 25, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Monday, December 25, 1939: Western Front Hitler on 3-day visit. Finland Winter War: On a cold Christmas Day (-30 °C), Helsinki, Viipuri and over 30 other Finnish
Diary December 25, 1914
War Diary World War One for Friday, December 25, 1914: Sea War North Sea – The Cuxhaven Raid: British seaplane carriers Empress, Engadine and Riviera launch 7 Short float planes
Diary December 24, 1914
War Diary World War One for Thursday, December 24, 1914: Western Front Champagne: French 33rd Infantry Division clears Bois des Moutons with bayonet. Flanders: ’CHRISTMAS TRUCE‘ (unofficial). Sniffily dismissed by
Diary December 24, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 24, 1944: Russian Front RUSSIAN TANKS ENTER BUDAPEST. Air War Europe: Allied Tactical Air Forces fly 600 sorties over the Ardennes; 260 planes drop
