Diary June 12, 1919
World War One Diary for Thursday, June 12, 1919: South Russia: Denikin recognizes Kolchak as White Supreme Ruler, in speech at farewell dinner for British Military Mission chief Lieutenant-General Briggs. […]
Diary June 11, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, June 11, 1944: Western Front Normandy: Americans from ‘Utah’ capture Carentan. Eastern Front Northern Sector: Finnish 10th Division retreats behind ‘VT Line’ (Vammelsuu-Taipale) across Karelian
Diary June 11, 1919
World War One Diary for Wednesday, June 11, 1919: Czechoslovakia: Hungarian Red Army advancing victoriously in Slovakia. USA: Irish Sinn Fein leader de Valera arrives in New York on visit.
Diary June 10, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, June 10, 1944: Western Front Normandy: Montgomery establishes HQ in Normandy. US 2nd Armored Division begins landing at ‘Omaha’. Occupied Territories France – ORADOUR SUR
Diary June 10, 1919
World War One Diary for Tuesday, June 10, 1919: France – Peace Process: Austria protests at Allied terms. Baltic States: Estonians take Jakobstadt and Kreutzburg on river Dvina. North Russia:
Diary June 9, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, June 9, 1944: Eastern Front Northern Sector: GREAT RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE ON FINNISH FRONT. 21st and 23rd Armies attack with air support along 14-km-wide coastal sector
Diary June 9, 1919
World War One Diary for Monday, June 9, 1919: Siberia: Red 25th Rifle Division captures Ufa with many supplies and much grain after surprise river Belaia crossing (June 7). By
Diary June 8, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, June 8, 1944: Western Front Normandy: British and Americans establish contact near Port-en-Bessin west of Arromanches. British 7th Armored Division begins landing on ‘Gold’ beach.
Diary June 8, 1919
World War One Diary for Sunday, June 8, 1919: France – Peace Process: Count Brockdorff-Rantzau returns to Versailles. Allies request Hungarian Communist leader Bela Kun to stop attacking Czechoslovakia and
Diary June 7, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, June 7, 1944: Western Front Normandy: Allied forces reach Bayeux and make contact with 6th Airborne Division. First Allied airstrip laid out at Asnelles, northeast
Diary June 6, 1944
World War One Diary for Tuesday, June 6, 1944: Sea War D-DAY – ALLIED INVASION OF NORMANDY (Operation Overlord): Operation Neptune amphibious phase of Overlord. At dawn 50 convoys begin
Diary June 6, 1919
World War One Diary for Friday, June 6, 1919: Finland: Government declares war on Soviet Russia, but of little practical effect.
Diary June 5, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, June 5, 1944: Air War Western Europe – ‘Transportation Plan’: In preparation for D-Day, Allied Air Forces have flown 200,000 sorties delivering 200,000 t bombs
Diary June 5, 1919
World War One Diary for Thursday, June 5, 1919: France – Peace Process: Paderewski heard on Polish frontiers. Austro-Yugoslav armistice. North Russia: First Lake Onega flotilla action. Siberia: General Gadja’s
Diary June 4, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, June 4, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: 5th US ARMY ENTERS ROME. MAAF fighter-bombers decimate German columns retreating north along Highways 1, 2 and 3, destroying or
Diary June 4, 1919
World War One Diary for Wednesday, June 4, 1919: South Russia: Trotsky assures Kharkov, in no more danger than any other city including Moscow. Siberia: Red Fifth Army drives Kolchack’s
Diary June 3, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, June 3, 1944: Mediterranean ltaly: German forces evacuate Rome. Southeast Asia Burma: Japanese rearguard leaves Kohima. Air War Atlantic: Ju 290 lands in North Greenland
Diary June 3, 1919
World War One Diary for Tuesday, June 3, 1919: France – Peace Process: Germany protests vs French support for newly-independent Rhineland Republic. Britain: Asquith answers Lord French on 1915 shell
Diary June 2, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, June 2, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: Americans capture Velletri and Valmontone; 2 German bastions south of Rome. Nearby stronghold of Lanuvio is hammered by US artillery.
