Diary October 26, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Monday, October 26, 1914: Home Fronts Austria: Sarajevo Trial defendants found guilty (all plead so except Princip), verdict and sentences on October 29, […]
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Diary October 26, 1939
War Diary for Thursday, October 26, 1939: Politics Soviet government denies Britain’s right to stop Soviet merchant ships bound for Germany.
Diary October 26, 1944
War Diary for Thursday, October 26, 1944: Western Front British cross the Scheldt and land on South Beveland (secured by October 30). Home Fronts Britain: Death of Princess Beatrice, favorite
Diary October 25, 1944
War Diary for Wednesday, October 25, 1944: Air War Germany: RAF daylight raids on Essen and Homburg oil refinery, near Duisburg. Further massive 8th USAAF attack on Hamm. Sea War
Diary October 25, 1939
War Diary for Wednesday, October 25, 1939: Sea War Mediterranean: Three U-boats despatched to Mediterranean. Only U-26 arrives and has no success.
Diary October 25, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Sunday, October 25, 1914: Western Front Flanders: At 1600 hours Belgians open Nieuport sluices to flood area east of Nieuport-Dixmude railway, but water
Diary October 24, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Saturday, October 24, 1914: Western Front Flanders: British 7th Division expels Germans from Polygon Wood. French marines in Dixmude repel 15 attacks. Germans
Diary October 24, 1944
War Diary for Tuesday, October 24, 1944: Sea War Pacific: BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF (October 24-26): 2 Japanese fleets converge on Leyte in desperate bid to destroy US invasion fleet
Diary October 24, 1939
War Diary for Tuesday, October 24, 1939: Politics Russo-German trade agreement: USSR to supply 1 M. tonnes of grain and fodder. Occupied countries Poland: Arrival in Paris of large hoard
Diary October 23, 1939
War Diary for Monday, October 23, 1939: Sea War Atlantic: British Home Fleet escorts iron ore convoy from Narvik, Norway (arrives back on October 31).
Diary October 23, 1944
War Diary for Monday, October 23, 1944: Russian Front Russians now hold 137-km front in East Prussia. Italy 5th US Army troops capture Monte Salvaro. Air War Germany: 955 RAF
Diary October 23, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Friday, October 23, 1914: Western Front Flanders: French 42nd Division of 7,000 Marne veterans enters line at Nieuport. British recapture Pilkem trenches. Heavy
Diary October 22, 1939
War Diary for Sunday, October 22, 1939: Occupied Countries Poland: ‘Elections’ held in Russian-held West Ukraine and West White Russia (Russian-occupied Poland). Home Fronts India: Congress Party declines to support
Diary October 22, 1944
War Diary for Sunday, October 22, 1944: Western Front 1st Canadian Army captures Breskens on Scheldt Estuary. Italy British 8th Army crosses river Savio, south of Ravenna. Air War Germany:
Diary October 22, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Thursday, October 22, 1914: Western Front Flanders: Belgian 2nd Division re-enters Lombaertzyde but at night German III Reserve Corps bridges river Yser near
Diary October 21, 1944
War Diary for Saturday, October 21, 1944: Western Front Americans secure Aachen. Sea War Pacific: Cruisers Honolulu and Australia (first Kamikaze attack) seriously damaged in Japanese air attack at Leyte.
Diary October 21, 1939
War Diary for Saturday, October 21, 1939: Sea War Atlantic: French Force de raide (including world’s fastest destroyers) escorts large Atlantic convoy (until October 30) and intercepts German SS Sante
Diary October 21, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Wednesday, October 21, 1914: Western Front Flanders: German attack on Dixmude fails (and on October 23); now 7 divisions attacking the Belgian sector.
Diary October 20, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Tuesday, October 20, 1914: Eastern Front Poland: GERMANS BEGIN PLANNED RETREAT FROM BEFORE WARSAW and abandon siege of Ivangorod. Home Fronts Germany: There
Diary October 20, 1939
War Diary for Friday, October 20, 1939: Sea War Atlantic: Germany warns that neutral merchant ships joining Allied convoys will be sunk without warning.
