WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 17, 1944: Home Fronts USA: Lieutenant-General Omar N Bradley appointed to command US Army in the Field, under Eisenhower. Mediterranean Italy: British 10th Corps […]
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World War One Diary for Friday, January 17, 1919: Baltic States: Rear-Admiral Cowan’s cruiser Caledon and 3 destroyers arrive at Libau, Latvia. Britain: 538,912 troops demobilized so far.
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 16, 1944: Air War Germany: B-17 Fortress attack Messerschmitt factory at Klagenfurt (Austria). Pacific New Britain: Americans defeat final Japanese counter-attack on New Britain.
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World War One Diary for Thursday, January 16, 1919: Germany: German government signs new Armistice terms at Trier (until February 17); she is to give up many farm implements and
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 15, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: 5th US Army captures Monte Trocchio. Germans pull back over river Rapido. Neutrals Argentina: Earthquake destroys city of San Juan
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World War One Diary for Wednesday, January 15, 1919: Germany: Hiding Spartacist leaders Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg (body found in canal on June 1) arrested and shot dead in Berlin
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, January 14, 1944: Eastern Front Northern Sector: FINAL RUSSIAN COUNTER-OFFENSIVE AT LENINGRAD. 1,000 guns and 17 warships of Baltic Fleet pour 500,000 shells into Finnskoyo-Koirovo
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World War One Diary for Tuesday, January 14, 1919: Germany: Dortmund rioting. Italy: Nitti’s resignation causes ministerial crisis, Prime Minister Orlando leaves Paris.
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, January 13, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Korets (Rovno sector) taken by Russians.
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World War One Diary for Monday, Jnauary 13, 1919: Germany: Government troops crush Spartacists in Berlin. Arabia: Fakhri Pasha’s starving 16,645 Turk garrison (12 battalions) of Medina finally surrenders holy
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WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, January 12, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: General Juin’s French Expeditionary Corps captures important German strong-points near Monte Santa Croce, north of Cassino (January 12-14). 5th US
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World War One Diary for Sunday, January 12, 1919: France: Supreme War Council considers Armistice renewal. Peace Process: Chief representatives discuss Peace Conference procedure, all countries who severed relations with
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WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, January 11, 1944: Sea War Indian Ocean: Japanese cruiser Kuma sunk by British submarine Tally Ho. U-boats of Monsun group sink 17 ships (January-March), but
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World War One Diary for Saturday, January 11, 1919: Germany: Cuxhaven ‘Republic’ proclaimed. 3,000 Reichswehr troops enter Berlin after Vorwaerts newspaper offices recaptured (night January 10-11). Italy: Mussolini among band
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WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 10, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: 5th US Army crosses river Peccia. Südost-Asien Burma: British troops capture Maungdaw.
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World War One Diary for Friday, January 10, 1919: France: Foch’s memo on French Rhine frontier sent to Allies. Germany: Radicals seize Bremen declaring Soviet Republic (until February 4). North
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World War One Diary for Thursday, January 9, 1919: France: Italian Prime Minister Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino arrive in Paris. Peace Process: French Conference representatives designated; the 5 Allied
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 9, 1944: Home Fronts USA: Major-General Bedell Smith appointed COS to General Eisenhower. Antanas Smetona, ex-dictator of Lithuania, killed in fire at Cleveland, Ohio;
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 8, 1944: Air War USA:: First flight of Lockheed XP-80 Shooting Star jet fighter from Muroc Dry Lake. 5,000 ordered, but none operational before
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World War One Diary for Wednesday, January 8, 1919: Germany: Provisional Government demos as garrison, Socialist People’s Militia and Freikorps reoccupy seized public buildings in Berlin. Armenia: Turk evacuation complete.
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