Diary October 24, 1939
War Diary for Tuesday, October 24, 1939: Politics Russo-German trade agreement: USSR to supply 1 M. tonnes of grain and fodder. Occupied countries Poland: Arrival in Paris of large hoard […]
Big Bertha
German super-heavy siege howitzer M-Gerät ‘Big Bertha’ from World War One. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and model. Super-heavy siege howitzer ‘Big Bertha’ Kurze Marinekanone 14 L/12 (M-Gerät) ‘Big Bertha’
Diary October 23, 1939
War Diary for Monday, October 23, 1939: Sea War Atlantic: British Home Fleet escorts iron ore convoy from Narvik, Norway (arrives back on October 31).
Diary October 23, 1944
War Diary for Monday, October 23, 1944: Russian Front Russians now hold 137-km front in East Prussia. Italy 5th US Army troops capture Monte Salvaro. Air War Germany: 955 RAF
Diary October 23, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Friday, October 23, 1914: Western Front Flanders: French 42nd Division of 7,000 Marne veterans enters line at Nieuport. British recapture Pilkem trenches. Heavy
Diary October 22, 1939
War Diary for Sunday, October 22, 1939: Occupied Countries Poland: ‘Elections’ held in Russian-held West Ukraine and West White Russia (Russian-occupied Poland). Home Fronts India: Congress Party declines to support
Diary October 22, 1944
War Diary for Sunday, October 22, 1944: Western Front 1st Canadian Army captures Breskens on Scheldt Estuary. Italy British 8th Army crosses river Savio, south of Ravenna. Air War Germany:
Diary October 22, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Thursday, October 22, 1914: Western Front Flanders: Belgian 2nd Division re-enters Lombaertzyde but at night German III Reserve Corps bridges river Yser near
Diary October 21, 1944
War Diary for Saturday, October 21, 1944: Western Front Americans secure Aachen. Sea War Pacific: Cruisers Honolulu and Australia (first Kamikaze attack) seriously damaged in Japanese air attack at Leyte.
Diary October 21, 1939
War Diary for Saturday, October 21, 1939: Sea War Atlantic: French Force de raide (including world’s fastest destroyers) escorts large Atlantic convoy (until October 30) and intercepts German SS Sante
Diary October 21, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Wednesday, October 21, 1914: Western Front Flanders: German attack on Dixmude fails (and on October 23); now 7 divisions attacking the Belgian sector.
Diary October 20, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Tuesday, October 20, 1914: Eastern Front Poland: GERMANS BEGIN PLANNED RETREAT FROM BEFORE WARSAW and abandon siege of Ivangorod. Home Fronts Germany: There
Diary October 20, 1939
War Diary for Friday, October 20, 1939: Sea War Atlantic: Germany warns that neutral merchant ships joining Allied convoys will be sunk without warning.
Diary October 20, 1944
War Diary for Friday, October 20, 1944: Sea War Pacific – US 6th ARMY LANDS IN LEYTE GULF (Philippines): MacArthur wades ashore and declares: ‘I have returned’. He calls upon
Battle in the Leyte Gulf
US Invasion of Leyte and the Naval Battle in the Leyte Gulf in 1944: A Turning Point in the Pacific War. US Invasion of Leyte and the Naval Battle in
Diary October 19, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Monday, October 19, 1914: Western Front FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES begins until November 22. British and French join British 7th Division as German
Diary October 19, 1944
War Diary for Thursday, October 19, 1944: Burma British capture Tiddim. Air War Germany: 135 USAAF bombers attacking Mainz. USAAF bombers attacking Mannheim and dropping 2,025 t of bombs.
Diary October 19, 1939
War Diary for Thursday, October 19, 1939: Politics Anglo-French-Turkish Treaty of Mutual Assistance signed. The treaty is aimed primarily against Russia, which was always been interested in Istanbul and the
Diary October 18, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Sunday, October 18, 1914: Western Front Flanders: Germans take Roulers and thwart BEF Cavalry Corps attack. German III Reserve Corps captures 2 of
Diary October 18, 1939
War Diary for Wednesday, October 18, 1939: Politics Four-Power Conference at Stockholm, attended by Kings of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and President of Finland opens (ends October 19).
