Diary May 30, 1919
World War One Diary for Friday, May 30, 1919: France – Peace Process: – Yugoslavia rejects ‘Tardieu Compromise’ Fiume buffer state proposals (League of Nations mandate). Britain agrees to transfer […]
Greek Armed Forces 1940-41
Strength and organization of the Armed Forces of Greece 1940-41. Divisions and equipment, aircraft of the Air Force and ships of the Navy. From 1938 until the German invasion, Greece
Diary May 29, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, May 29, 1944: Sea War Atlantic: US escort carrier Block Island sunk by U-boat U-549. Air War Germany: 8th USAAF attacks 5 Focke-Wulf and 2
Diary May 29, 1919
World War One Diary for Thursday, May 29, 1919: Hungary: Anti-Soviet rising in southwest suppressed (until June 2). General Szombathelyi joins anti-Soviet government (C-in-C Admiral Horthy) at Arad. France –
Diary May 28, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, May 28, 1944: Air War Germany: 8th USAAF attacks Leuna and Koenigsborn Panzer (tank) depot (Magdeburg).
Diary May 28, 1919
World War One Diary for Wednesday, May 28, 1919: Austria: Yugoslavs attack Austrians in Carinthia (armistice on June 6). Britain: Limited food and clothing gifts to Germany, Austria and Hungary
Diary May 27, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, May 27, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: Germans repel US 5th Army attacks on ‘Adolf Hitler‘-Line at Valmontone and dig in. Sea War Pacific: Americans land on
Diary May 27, 1919
World War One Diary for Tuesday, May 27, 1919: France – Peace Process: Draft treaty presented to Poland. German counter-proposals published in Berlin. North Russia: British 238th Relief Brigade lands
Diary May 26, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, May 26, 1944: Far East China: MAJOR JAPANESE OFFENSIVE AGAINST US AIR BASES in the Southeast (Operation Ichigo): 620,000 troops, divided between 11th and 23rd
Diary May 26, 1919
World War One Diary for Monday, May 26, 1919: Russia: Allied Supreme Council offers conditional recognition plus military and food support to Admiral Kolchak (terms accepted 7 June). Mediterranean: Allied
Diary May 25, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, May 25, 1944: Occupied Territories Yugoslavia: Tito narrowly escapes capture when German airborne force, supported by Stukas, attacks his secret HQ in Bosnian mountains. France:
Diary May 25, 1919
World War One Diary for Sunday, May 25, 1919: France: 1,259,098 US troops now repatriated, all home by end of August. Mesopotamia: Kurd rising captures British officers (rescued June 18).
Diary May 24, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, May 24, 1944: Air War Mediterranean: RAF Spitfires shoot down 8 FW 190 fighter-bombers north of Rome. Mediterranean Italy: Canadian 5th Armored Division establishes bridgehead
Diary May 24, 1919
World War One Diary for Saturday, May 24, 1919: Afghanistan: RAF Handley Page bombs Kabul (4 hits on royal palace). Afghan ground counter-attack on May 26. Britain: Food exports to
Diary May 23, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, May 23, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: Allied 6th Corps breaks out of Anzio bridgehead (Operation Buffalo). British 8th Army attacks ‘Adolf Hitler‘ Line. Far East China:
Diary May 23, 1919
World War One Diary for Friday, May 23, 1919: Baltic: Royal Navy cruiser Galatea, destroyers, 3 minesweepers, fleet oiler and submarines reinforce Admiral Cowan (until May 24. Trans-Caspia: Reds capture
Diary May 22, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, May 22, 1944: Occupied Territories France: Resistance blows up hydroelectric station at Bussy.
Diary May 22, 1919
World War One Diary for Thursday, May 22, 1919: France – Peace Process: German delegates leave for Spa to consult. Baltic States: Baltic Baron Manteuffel’s German-Latvian Landeswehr, with air support,
Luftwaffe Orders of Battle January 1945
Orders of Battle of the Luftwaffe from 10 January 1945: strength and aircraft of the Luftflotten for the last phase of Second World War. Air War over Europe 1945 The
Diary May 21, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, May 21, 1944: Air War Germany: RAF bombers attacking Duisburg and dropping 2,000t of bombs. Home Fronts USA: Explosion on landing craft in Pearl Harbor,
