Diary December 24, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 24, 1939: Occupied countries Poland: Russo-German agreement re-establishes rail links between the two occupied zones.
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Diary December 23, 1914
War Diary World War One for Wednesday, December 23, 1914: Middle East Armenia: Istomin’s brigade of 8,000 men forced by 3 Turk divisions of X Corps to abandon Olta in
Diary December 23, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 23, 1939: Finland Winter War: Finnish counterattack on Karelian Isthmus. Finns suffer 1,500 casualties and call off attack at nightfall; stalemate ensues. Neutrals Ireland:
Diary December 23, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 23, 1944: Air War Europe: Allied Tactical Air Forces fly 900 sorties against German armor and motor transports in the ‘Bulge’. 26 V-2s explode
Diary December 22, 1914
War Diary World War One for Tuesday, December 22, 1914: Western Front Flanders: British I Corps relieves Indian Corps and German pressure eases at Givenchy, lost trenches regained next day.
Diary December 22, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 22, 1939: Home Fronts France: Chamber of Deputies votes credits of 304,000,000,000 Francs for the production of armaments in 1940. Prime Minister Daladier announces
Diary December 22, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 22, 1944: Western Front: Ardennes: Germans make the final effort to reach the Meuse and break through to Antwerp. General McAuliffe, commander US 101st
Diary December 21, 1914
War Diary World War One for Monday, December 21, 1914: Western Front Flanders: British 1st Division bolsters Indian Corps defending Givenchy sector. Aisne: French XXV Corps (Sixth Army) attacks vainly
Diary December 21, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Thursday, December 21, 1939: Politics Hitler sends greetings to Stalin on his 60th birthday. French government Yellow Book published, equivalent to British Blue Book (see September
Diary December 21, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Thursday, December 21, 1944: Western Front BASTOGNE BESIEGED. US 101st Airborne Division and 10th Armored Division have to be supplied by air. Sea War German convoy
Diary December 20, 1914
War Diary World War One for Sunday, December 20, 1914: Secret War Western Front: 21 of 28 carrier pigeons sent from BEF GHQ to Belgium since November 2 have returned.
Diary December 20, 1944
War Diary WW2 for December 20, 1944: Western Front German Panzers reach Noville, north of Bastogne and Stavelot, north of St. Vith.
Diary December 20, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, December 20, 1939: Secret War British expert examines radar equipment on board the wreck of German pocket-battleship Admiral Graf Spee.
Diary December 19, 1914
War Diary World War One for Saturday, December 19, 1914: Western Front Flanders: Indian Corps (1,672 casualties) heavily engaged by German counter-attack with mining near Cuinchy and Givenchy until next
Diary December 19, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 19, 1944: Western Front Montgomery to command all Allied forces north of the ‘Bulge’, including US 1st and 9th Armies; Bradley to command US
Diary December 19, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 19, 1939: Politics Fourth meeting of Allied Supreme War Council in Paris.
Diary December 18, 1914
War Diary World War One for Friday, December 18, 1914: Western Front First German trench mortar unit formed (6 light mortars per pioneer company from January 1915). Flanders: British 7th
Diary December 18, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Monday, December 18, 1944: Air War Europe: RAF night bombers sink old battleship Schleswig-Holstein and 8 other ships at Gotenhafen (Gdynia). Pacific: B-29 Superfortress bomb Mitsubishi
Diary December 18, 1939
War Diary WW2 for Monday, December 18, 1939: Air War Battle of the Heligoland Bight: 50 Me 109s and Me 110s destroy 12 of 22 Wellington bombers despatched on armed
Diary December 17, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 17, 1944: Western Front Germans capture 9,000 Americans at Echternach, on extreme left flank of the ‘Bulge’. THE MALMEDY MASSACRE: Waffen-SS soldiers murder at
