Diary for Sunday, February 25, 1945:
Western Front
1st and 9th US Armies break German defenses at river Roer west of Cologne, capturing Düren and Jülich.
Saturday, January 27, 1945 Russian Front Zhukov‘s forces now only 161Â km from Berlin; Memel falls. Sea War Atlantic: 5 ships sunk by U-boat U-1232 off…
War Diary World War One for Wednesday, January 27, 1915: Western Front Argonne: French repulse attacks. Meuse: French artillery destroy German bridge at St Mihiel.…
Saturday, January 27, 1940 Home Fronts Britain: Winston Churchill (uneasy at slow increase in war production) speaks at Free Trade Hall, Manchester: ‘each to our…