Diary September 3, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Thursday, September 3, 1914: Eastern Front Galicia: RUZSKI OCCUPIES LEMBERG, capital of the province, captures much booty and organizes government next day. Western […]
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Diary September 2, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 2, 1944: Diplomacy Finland breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany and accepts Russian peace terms. Russian Front Russians reach Bulgarian border. Western Front 51st
Diary September 2, 1939
WW2 War Diary for September 2, 1939 Poland German Blitzkrieg (lightning war) continues relentlessly. 18 Polish bombers attack German armor in Radom-Piotrkow area, south-west of Warsaw. Air War Luftwaffe enjoys
Diary September 2, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Wednesday, September 2, 1914 Western Front France: Germans reach river Marne and occupy Laon. Moltke orders Kluck to echelon his troops behind Bülow’s.
Diary September 1, 1939
WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 1, 1939: Poland GERMANY INVADES POLAND (code name, Weiss = ‘White’): 48 divisions (6 Panzer) and 1,600 aircraft invade without formal declaration of war
Diary September 1, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Tuesday, September 1, 1914 Eastern Front Poland: Russian retreat towards river Bug. Galicia: Austrians beaten before Lemberg, but Conrad orders Second and Fourth
Diary September 1, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 1, 1944: Western Front Canadians occupy Dieppe, which is abandoned by the Germans. British troops reach Arras; USA soldiers capture Verdun. Montgomery promoted to
Diary August 31, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Monday, August 31, 1914 Western Front France: French stand on line from river Aisne-Reims-Verdun. Kluck, under orders to protect German right flank and
Diary August 31, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 31, 1944 Russian Front Russians occupy Bucharest after advancing 56 km from Ploesti inside a day. Big crowds welcome the falsely expected liberators. Western
Diary August 30, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Sunday, August 30, 1914 Eastern Front East Prussia: Russian General Samsonov shoots himself. German ‘Day of Harvesting’ of c.90,000 Russian prisoners. Russian General
Diary August 30, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, August 30, 1944 Russian Front Russians occupy Ploesti. Western Front Canadians take Rouen; British take Beauvais, north of Paris; Americans at Rheims and Chalons-sur-Marne. Air
Diary August 29, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Saturday, August 29, 1914 Western Front France: General Joseph Joffre, the French commander-in-chief, orders the French Fifth Army to launch a flank attack
Diary August 29, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, August 29, 1944 Russian Front German Army Group South Ukraine ordered to hold Carpathian Mountains and Transylvanian Alps. Western Front Americans capture Soissons, 89 km
Diary August 28, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, August 28, 1944 Western Front Americans reach Chateau-Thierry. British gain another bridgehead on lower Seine. Air War Britain: 90 out of 97 V-1s directed against
Diary August 28, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Friday, August 28, 1914 Eastern Front East Prussia: Francois drives east for Neidenburg to envelop Samsonov who joins troops and orders general retreat.
Diary August 27, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Thursday, August 27, 1914 Sea War Tsingtao: Imperial Japanese Navy Second Fleet begins blockade and seizes three offshore islands. Its strength is 4
Diary August 27, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, August 27, 1944 Western Front Allied forces reach river Marne. French capture Toulon. Air War Germany: 611 RAF bombers attacking Kiel. RAF bombers dropping 2,381t
Diary August 26, 1914
World War One Diary for Wednesday, August 26, 1914: EASTERN FRONT East Prussia: BATTLE OF TANNENBERG (until August 31). The Germans strike at Samsonov’s Second Army outside Tannenberg from the
Diary August 26, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 26, 1944 Western Front Allied forces pour across the Seine at four points between Paris and the sea. Air War Western Europe: 110 killed
Diary August 25, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 25, 1944: WESTERN FRONT DE GAULLE ENTERS PARIS. German garrison, Cdr.-General von Choltilz, surrenders in leftluggage office of Montparnasse Station, after openly disobeying Hitler’s
