Africa
Tunisia: British 6th Armoured Division races across base of Cap Bon to outskirts of Hammamet, trapping German forces.
Diary for Friday, August 24, 1945: Home Fronts Britain: Attlee complains that abrupt ending of US Lease-Lend program has left Britain in a ‘very serious…
Diary for Tuesday, August 24, 1915: Southern Front Italian Front: Austrian counter-offensive. Sea War East Africa: Royal Navy C-in-C reports 2 planes and 2 guns…
Diary for Saturday, August 24, 1940: Air War Heavy raids on airfields in southeastern England: Manston evacuated; North Weald and Hornchurch also hard hit. Residential…