Diary December 8, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 8, 1943: Sea War Pacific: US battleships and destroyers pound Nauru Island; US destroyer Boyd damaged by Japanese batteries.
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Diary December 8, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, December 8, 1918: Western Front British 1st Cavalry Division reaches Rhine on broad front and secures crossings. AEF enters Koblenz. Petain ceremonially created Marshal
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Diary December 7, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 7, 1943: Home Fronts USA: Battleship Wisconsin launched at Philadelphia Navy Yard.
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Diary December 7, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, December 7, 1918: Middle East Armenia: Turk evacuation complete to 1877 frontier. Politics Bukovina: Deputation arrives at Jassy to pursue union with Rumania. Home
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Diary December 6, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, December 6, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: British 8th Army crosses river Moro.
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Diary December 6, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, December 6, 1918: Western Front Cologne entered by British 2nd Cavalry brigade and armoured cars. City designated headquarter Allied Occupation Zone 3. Local authorities
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Diary December 5, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, December 5, 1943: Air War Western Europe: Fighter-bombers of RAF, 2nd TAF, and US 9th AF attack V-1 launching sites in Pas de Calais. Far
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Diary December 5, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, December 5, 1918: Southern Fronts Balkans: War Office informs General Milne that British forces remain under Franchet d’Esperey’s general control excluding troops sent to
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Diary December 4, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, December 4, 1943: Sea War Pacific: US Fast Carrier Task Force raids Kwajalein: 386 planes (5 lost) sink 6 transports and damage 2 cruisers. 55
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Diary December 4, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, December 4, 1918: Politics Yugoslavia: National Council proclaims union of all Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. USA: President Wilson sails for France. Poland: Ultimatum for
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Diary December 3, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, December 3, 1943: Air War Germany: Goering orders Peltz – commanding German bomber forces in the West – ‘To avenge the terror attacks of the
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Diary December 3, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, December 3, 1918: Eastern Front South Russia: Red Army takes Valuiki. Sea War North Sea: Harwich Force detaches cruisers Centaur and Coventry for Baltic
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Diary December 2, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, December 2, 1943: Air War Mediterranean – Bari air raid disaster: 96 German bombers carry out low-level night raid on Bari in Italy (2 munition
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Diary December 2, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, December 2, 1918: Home Fronts USA: Wilson tells Congress he is going to Europe. Britain: Iron and steel subsidies’ I removal for 1919 announced.
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Diary December 1, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 1, 1943: Air War Germany: B-17 Fortress bombers attack Solingen, east of Duesseldorf, for second successive day.
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Diary December 1, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, December 1, 1918: Western Front BEF and AEF cross pre-1870 German frontier: British Second Army (11 divisions plus 1st Cavalry Division) cross between Oudler
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Diary November 30, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 30, 1943: Eastern Front Central Sector: Russians now within 11 km of Zhlobin. Sea War Merchant shipping losses in November 1943: 14 Allied ships
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Diary November 30, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, November 30, 1918: Eastern Front USSR: Soviet Central Executive Committee establishes Council of Defence (Lenin chairmen, Trotsky, Stalin and Sverdlov) and War Production Comittee.
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Diary November 29, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, November 29, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Fierce fighting in Kiev Salient; SS Panzer divisions in action. Occupied Territories Yugoslavia: National Partisan Assembly appoints Tito
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Diary November 29, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, November 29, 1918: Home Fronts Germany: King of Wurttemberg abdicates. Ebert Government decides to convene National Assembly in February 16, 1919. Britain: Lloyd George
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