Diary September 26, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Saturday, September 26, 1914: Western Front Somme: First Battle of Picardy ends. Castelnau halted at line Ribecourt-Roye-Chaulnes-Bray-sur-Somme to await formation of new Tenth
Diary September 26, 1939
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 26, 1939: Poland Massive indiscriminate artillery bombardment of Warsaw, followed by major German infantry assault; city center in flames. Poles recapture Mokotow Airport and
Diary September 25, 1939
WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 25, 1939: Poland Second German ultimatum to Warsaw Garrison. Mass air attack on the city: 400 bombers and Stukas make repeated sorties, starting huge
Diary September 25, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Friday, September 25, 1914: Western Front Meuse: Bavarians enter St Mihiel; after storming French Camp-des-Romains. Dubail soon drives them back to outskirts. Aisne:
Diary September 25, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 25, 1944: Western Front Remnants of British 1st Airborne Division withdrawn over the Rhine by night, after suffering 7,000 casualties. Home Fronts Germany: Allies
Diary September 24, 1914
War Diary of World War One for September 24, 1914: Western Front Germans retake and then lose again Peronne on river Somme. Joffre orders shell economies, reduces daily issue to
Diary September 24, 1939
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 24, 1939: Poland Germans isolate Modlin Fortress, North of Warsaw. Russians enter Galician oilfields.
Diary September 24, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 24, 1944: Western Front Renewed efforts to save British airborne forces at Arnhem. Sea: War Arctic: Anti-submarine nets foil attempted U-boat attack on Russian
Diary September 23, 1939
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 23, 1939: Poland Germans announce capture of Lvov. Politics Mussolini declares that the ‘liquidation’ of Poland presents opportunity for European peace settlement. Home Fronts
Diary September 23, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 23, 1944: Western Front Successful German counter-attack north of Eindhoven. Air War Europe: RAF night raids on Münster and Neuss (east of Aachen). Lancaster
Diary September 23, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Wednesday, September 23, 1914: Western Front Rupprecht’s Sixth Army completes transfer from Lorraine to Artois, which was begun on September 16. Aisne: Battlefront
Diary September 22, 1939
WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 22, 1939: Poland Russo-German victory parade at Brest-Litovsk. Colonel-General von Fritsch, former German Army C-in-C and leading anti-Nazi, killed by rifle fire outside Warsaw
Diary September 22, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 22, 1944: Russian Front Russians capture Tallinn (Estonia). Western Front Germans surrender at Boulogne. Stolberg (east of Aachen) captured. Air War Germany: USAAF bombers
Diary September 22, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Tuesday, September 22, 1914: Sea War North Sea: 3 old British cruisers Aboukir, Cressy and Hogue torpedoed and sunk within an hour by
Operation Market Garden and the Battle of Arnhem 1944
Operation Market Garden and the Battle of Arnhem 1944: Allied Airborne Assault in the Netherlands. Operation Market Garden and the Battle of Arnhem 1944: Allied Airborne Assault in the Netherlands
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Diary September 21, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Monday, September 21, 1914: Western Front French reoccupy Noyon and dispute Lassigny until next day. Bavarian III Corps advance on St Mihiel, thus
Diary September 21, 1939
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 21, 1939: Poland Artillery bombardment of key points in Warsaw greatly intensified. Neutrals Romania: Prime Minister Calinescu shot dead by fascists of the Iron
Diary September 21, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 21, 1944: Russian Front Polish 1st Army forced to withdraw from its bridgeheads in Warsaw. Western Front Infantry of British 2nd Army tries to
Diary September 20, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 20, 1944: Western Front Allied ground and airborne forces link up at Nijmegen. Polish Division reaches river Scheldt along 10-km front.
Diary September 20, 1939
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 20, 1939: Air War Western Front: RAF’s first clash with Luftwaffe. Me 109 s attack 3 Battle recce-bombers over Siegfried Line. One Messerschmitt fighter
