Diary August 5, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 5, 1944: WESTERN FRONT US Armour reaches Redon (Brittany). British capture Villers Bocage. AIR WAR: EUROPE RAF blast open U-boat pens at Brest, using […]
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Diary August 4, 1914
World War One Diary for Tuesday, August 4, 1914: POLITICS: BRITAIN The government declares war at 2300 hours as the Germans reject the British ultimatum requesting that their troops leave
Diary August 4, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 4, 1944: WESTERN FRONT British 2nd Army tanks reach Villers Bocage, for second time since ‘D-Day’. AIR WAR Gloster Meteor jet fighter in combat
Diary August 3, 1914
World War One Diary for Monday, August 3, 1914: POLITICS: BELGIUM The Belgian government rejects the German ultimatum (0700 hours) demanding that its forces have free passage through Belgian territory
Diary August 3, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 3, 1944: WESTERN FRONT US tanks reach Rennes (Brittany). BURMA Chinese capture Myitkyina (Northeast Burma). SEA WAR: PACIFIC US carrier planes attack shipping in
Diary August 2, 1914
World War One Diary for Sunday, August 2, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY Ultimatum is delivered to Belgium at 1900 hours demanding that German forces be allowed to move through Belgian territory
Diary August 2, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, August 2, 1944: WESTERN FRONT Americans reach Vire, south of Caumont. SEA WAR ‘Linse’ (‘Lentil’) ‘explosive boats’ sink destroyer ‘Quorn’ (night August 2-3) DIPLOMACY Turkey
Diary August 1, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, August 1, 1944: OCCUPIED POLAND WARSAW RISING: Polish ‘Home Army‘ (Armija Krajawa) begins heroic 53-day struggle against German garrison. RUSSIAN FRONT 3rd Belorussian Front captures
Diary August 1, 1914
World War One Diary for Saturday, August 1, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY GERMANY DECLARES WAR ON RUSSIA at 1910 hours after Russia has ignored ultimatum. ORDERING OF MOBILIZATION of men aged
Diary July 31, 1914
World War One Diary for Friday, July 31, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY GERMANY DECLARES IMMINENT DANGER OF WAR ALERT AT MIDNIGHT, ISSUES ULTIMATUMS TO RUSSIA AND FRANCE. Russia is told that
Diary July 31, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, July 31, 1944: WESTERN FRONT US 1st Army breaks through at Avranches. RUSSIAN FRONT Red Army 1st Belorussian Front reaches outskirts of Warsaw. 3rd Belorussian
Diary July 30, 1914
World War One Diary for Thursday, July 30, 1914: POLITICS: RUSSIA Tsar signs general mobilization order. First day actually August 4. Russian fleets mobilize. Zemstvos Union of rural councils formed.
Diary July 30, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, July 30, 1944: SEA WAR: PACIFIC Operation Globe Trotter: Americans land at Sansapor, to complete , occupation of New Guinea northern coastline.
Diary July 29, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 29, 1944: Russian Front 3rd Belorussian Front crosses river Niemen. Air War Germany: 612 RAF bombers attacking Stuttgart and dropping 1,940t of bombs.
Diary July 29, 1914
World War One Diary for Wednesday, July 29, 1914: BALKANS FRONTS In the first engagement of what will become World War One, Austro-Hungarian warships on the Danube River bombard Belgrade,
Diary July 28, 1914
World War One Diary for Tuesday, July 28, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA AUSTRIA DECLARES WAR ON SERBIA at noon. Emperor Francis Joseph signs with tears in his eyes. Manifesto declares no
Diary July 28, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 28, 1944: Russian Front 1st Belorussian Front establishes 2 bridgeheads over river Vistula, south of Warsaw (July 28-August 2). Panzers and Luftwaffe carry out
Diary July 27, 1914
World War One Diary for Monday, July 27, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Austrian Foreign Minister Berchtold refuses to take Serb ultimatum reply as basis for future discussions. Austria decides to declare
Diary July 27, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 27, 1944: Russian Front 2nd Byelorussian Front captures Rezekne rail junction; 1st Byelorussian Front captures Daugavpils (Latvia).
Diary July 26, 1914
World War One Diary for Sunday, July 26, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Austria begins to mobilize 8 corps on Russian frontier. Count Berchtold adopts German idea of immediate war declaration despite
