Diary February 4, 1940
Diary for Sunday, February 4, 1940: Air War Finland: Russian bombers attacking 141 targets (towns, rail junctions, harbors) over weekend February 3-4, dropping approx. 6,800 bombs. Finnish casualties 193 (14 […]
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Diary February 3, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, February 3, 1915: Middle East Egypt: 12,000 Turks try to cross Suez Canal until next day at 3 points; only 3 pontoons (c. 60 men) cross. Repulsed
Diary February 3, 1940
Diary for Friday, February 3, 1940: Air War 20 Heinkel He 111‘s (3 lost) attack ships (2 sunk) off British East Coast.
Diary February 3, 1945
Diary for Saturday, February 3, 1945: Air War Germany: 937 B-17 Fortress, escorted by 900 fighters (24 planes lost), RAID BERLIN setting fire to 5 sq km in central districts
Diary February 2, 1945
Diary for Friday, February 2, 1945: Western Front Alsac: French and Americans enter Colmar.
Diary February 2, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, February 2, 1915: Western Front Champagne: General Brulard of French 2nd Division reports: ‘First line units … stand knee-deep in water’; offensive postponed until reliefs arrive. Eastern
Diary February 2, 1940
Diary for Friday, February 2, 1940: Politics Balkan Entente Conference at Belgrade: Neutrals Yugoslavia, Greece, Romania and Turkey proclaim common interests in maintenance of peace in southeast Europe and renew
Diary February 1, 1915
Diary for Monday, February 1, 1915 Home Fronts Germany: Chancellor agrees to unrestricted U-boat war advocated by Chief of Naval Staff Pohl. Bread and flour rationing in Berlin, 4.14lb (1.88
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
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
