Diary October 13, 1939
WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 13, 1939: Western Front Skirmishes East of river Moselle. French demolish 3 Rhine bridges.
WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 13, 1939: Western Front Skirmishes East of river Moselle. French demolish 3 Rhine bridges.
WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 13, 1944: Russian Front Fall of Riga. Western Front US artillery and planes decimate Panzer counter-attacking near Aachen. V-weapon bombardment of Antwerp begins.
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 12, 1939: Western Front BEF now fully deployed along Franco-Belgian border, between Maulde and Halluin.
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 12, 1944: Western Front British capture Overloon (Holland). Sea War Pacific – BATTLE OF FORMOSA (October 12-15): TF 38 launches massive strikes against the
War Diary of World War One for Monday, October 12, 1914: Home Fronts Austria: ‘Trial of Gavrilo Princip and his associates for high treason’ at Sarajevo. South Africa: Martial law
War Diary of World War One for Sunday, October 11, 1914: Eastern Front Poland: Germans take Sochaczew on river Bzura 30 miles (ca. 48 km) west of Warsaw. Russian Fourth,
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 11, 1944: Western Front Germans trapped at Aachen reject ultimatum.
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 11, 1939: Home Front Britain: Clackmannan and E Stirling by-election: Woodburn (Labour), 15,645 votes; Stewart (Pacifist), 1,060.
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 10, 1944: Russian Front Big tank battle at Debrecen, southeast Hungary: Germans are pushed back but then counter-attack and destroy 3 Russian corps. BATTLE
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 10, 1939: Politics Soviet-Lithuanian Mutual Assistance Pact: Soviet Forces to be based in Lithuania. Vilna (in Russian Occupation Zone of Poland) to be transferred
War Diary of World War One for Saturday, October 10, 1914: Western Front FORMAL CAPITULATION OF ANTWERP TO GERMANS: Deguise offers his sword at Fort Ste Marie (Belgian garrison having
WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 9, 1939: Western Front Hitler‘s ‘Directive No.6’: plans and preparations to be made for an early offensive against Holland, Belgium and France. Army High
WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 9, 1944: Politics Third Moscow Conference: Allies discuss the Polish problem with Polish Prime Minister (ends October 20).
War Diary of World War One for Friday, October 9, 1914: Eastern Front Poland: Austro-Germans approach Ivangorod fortress (Schwarz) on river Vistula. Galicia: Austrians relieve Przemysl. Western Front Antwerp: 1,560
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 8, 1944: Western Front US 1st Army attacks east of Aachen; US 3rd Army strikes between Metz and Nancy. Sea War British-Canadian troops of
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 8, 1939: Politics Evacuation of the Baltic Germans. 50,000 German-speaking citizens of Latvia are to be ‘repatriated’ to the Reich (first group leaves by
War Diary of World War One for Thursday, October 8, 1914: Western Front Flanders: Foch takes supreme command as Joffre’s assistant of Allied armies between Lille and the coast. Sir
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 7, 1944: Russian Front Russian 14th Army attacks in North Finland. Western Front US 1st Army penetrates Siegfried Line north of Aachen. Germans counter-attack
War Diary of World War One for Wednesday, October 7, 1914: Western Front Belgium: Evacuation of Allied forces begins. 4 German brigades cross river Scheldt and threaten their line of
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 7, 1939: Sea War Transport of BEF to France completed – entirely without loss – under protection of British and French naval forces (161,000