Diary July 16, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, July 16, 1944: Russian Front: Germans launch fruitless counterattack against 3rd BRF’s bridge-heads over river Niemen.
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Diary JULY 15, 1914
World War One Diary for Wednesday, July 15, 1914: POLITICS: HUNGARY Count Tisza tells Budapest Chamber relations with Serbia ‘must be cleared up’. POLITICS: FRANCE Senat passes £56.3 million military
Diary July 15, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 15, 1944: Russian Front: Russians halt in Karelian Isthmus. Italy: British 8th Army breaks through at Arezzo and reaches river Arno (July 15-16). 5th
Diary JULY 14, 1914
World War One Diary for Tuesday, July 14, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Council of Ministers finally decide on action against Serbia; 48-hour ultimatum to be delivered on July 25, after French
Diary July 14, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 14, 1944: Russian Front: Russians capture Pinsk. Occupied France: Vichy announces death of Georges Mandel, former Minister of Interior; murdered by the Milice (Vichy
Diary JULY 13, 1914
World War One Diary for Monday, July 13, 1914: POLITICS: SERBIA Reports of projected attack on Austrian Legation at Belgrade. POLITICS: RUSSIA Woman stabs Rasputin at his Tobolsk home, Siberia.
Diary July 13, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 13, 1944: Secret War Britain: Pilot of Ju 88 G night fighter equipped with special radar and radio homing equipment lands by mistake at
Diary JULY 12, 1914
World War One Diary for Sunday, July 12, 1914: POLITICS: FRANCE French President Poincare and Prime Minister Vivani embark at Dunkirk for long-arranged state visit to Russia; they sail in
Diary July 12, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 12, 1944: Western Front Normandy: Brigade-General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., CGM, dies of heart attack.
Diary JULY 11, 1914
World War One Diary for Saturday, July 11, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Baron Wiesner arrives from Vienna in Sarajevo to speed up inquiry and report about the assassination until July 13.
Diary July 11, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, July 11, 1944: Eastern Front Central Sector: Elimination of trapped German 4th Army. 70,000 killed since late June, 35,000 captured. Pacific New Guinea: 6,000 Japanese
Diary JULY 10, 1914
World War One Diary for Friday, July 10, 1914: POLITICS: SERBIA Russian Minister dies suddenly at Austrian Legation in Belgrade. POLITICS: ITALY General Cadorna appointed Chief of Staff. POLITICS: IRELAND
Diary July 10, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, July 10, 1944: Eastern Front Northern Sector – Great Russian offensive into Baltic States: 2nd BF attacks northwest of Vitebsk (July 10); 3rd BF attacks
Diary JULY 9, 1914
World War One Diary for Thursday, July 9, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA The Emperor receives Baron Wiesner initial report on Sarajevo murders. Count Berchtold comments ‘His Majesty seemed ready for action
Diary July 9, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, July 9, 1944: Western Front Normandy: British 2nd Army takes Caen. Eastern Front Northern Sector: Russians cross river Vuoksi in Karelian Isthmus. Pacific Marianas: Americans
Diary JULY 8, 1914
World War One Diary for Wednesday, July 8, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA German Ambassador in Vienna insists to Austrian foreign minister Berchtold on necessity for an energetic attack on Serbia before
Diary July 8, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 8, 1944: Western Front Normandy: ‘Titanic’ artillery barrage precedes major attack by British-Canadian 2nd Army northwest of Caen, which advances up to 5 km
Diary JULY 7, 1914
World War One Diary for Tuesday, July 7, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Council of Ministers and Chief of Staff meet for nearly 7 hours; only Count Tisza disagrees on principle of
Diary July 7, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 7, 1944: Pacific Marianas: 3,000-strong rearguard of Saipan garrison storms US positions (night July 7-8) – before suffering annihilation. General Saito and Admiral Nagumo
Diary JULY 6, 1914
World War One Diary for Monday, July 6, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY The Kaiser leaves Kiel on imperial yacht Hohenzollern for his annual summer cruise in Norwegian waters. He will not
