Diary April 17, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, April 17, 1944: Air War Eastern Europe: B-17 Fortress and B-24 Liberator bombers attack Belgrade and Sofia. Sea War Channel and North Sea: 7,000 mines […]
Diary April 17, 1919
World War One Diary for Thursday, April 17, 1919: Russia: Allies refuse Dr Nansen’s food offer to Russia unless fighting ceases. North Russia: General Maynard’s Whites rout Reds at Lake
Diary April 16, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, April 16, 1944: Occupied Territories Hungary: Eichmann begins systematic concentration of 800,000 Hungarian Jews in ghettos prior to their deportation to Auschwitz. Concentration phase completed
Diary April 16, 1919
World War One Diary for Wednesday, April 16, 1919: Germany – Bavaria: ‘Red Victory of Dachau’; battalion of new Bavarian Red Army (c.20,000 strong) captures Dachau, northwest of Munich, routing
Diary April 15, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, April 15, 1944: Air War Southeast Europe: 15th US Air Force sends 500 sorties to Bucharest and Ploesti.
Diary April 15, 1919
World War One Diary for Tuesday, April 15, 1919: Siberia: Around this date White military control extended to railways and towns, but official in command of Urals industry resigns because
Diary April 14, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, April 14, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: 1st and 2nd UFs capture Tarnopol (southeast of Lvov) and reach the Carpathians – driving massive wedge between
Diary April 14, 1919
World War One Diary for Monday, April 14, 1919: Rumania: The country adopts the Gregorian calendar. Britain: Trade allowed with Yugoslavia, Montenegro, Albania, Latvia and Lithuania.
Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero
Japanese carrier-based long-range fighter ‘Zeke’. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3d model. Zero-Sen Mitsubishi Zero A6M2 Reisen (Allied Code name: Zeke) Type: Japanese single-seat carrier-based long-range fighter. The Mitsubishi
Diary April 13, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, April 13, 1944 Air War Western Europe: US and British TAFs carry out heavy attacks on German coastal batteries in Normandy. Germany: 2,000 USAAF bombers
Diary April 13, 1919
World War One Diary for Sunday, April 13, 1919: India: Amritsar Massacre; martial law declared (April 15 – June 9).
Diary April 12, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, April 12, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: 3rd Ukrainian Front captures Tirasapol, 97 km northwest of Odessa. Occupied Territories Italy: King Victor Emmanuel announces his
Diary April 12, 1919
World War One Diary for Saturday, April 12, 1919: South Russia: Reds occupy Yalta and Zhitomir. Churchill enlarging British Military Mission to Denikin to 1,500 men (340 already sailed). Siberia:
Diary April 11, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, April 11, 1944: Home Fronts Southern Sector: Russians advance on Simferopol (Crimea). Air War Western Europe: 6 RAF de Havilland Mosquito bombers destroy Central Population
Diary April 11, 1919
World War One Diary for Friday, April 11, 1919: Switzerland: Emperor Charles writes to King George V thanking him for help; moves to Villa Prangins, Lake Geneva in May. France
Diary April 10, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, April 10, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: ODESSA CAPTURED by Russian 3rd Ukrainian Front and Partisans. Sea War Atlantic: U-boats U-515 and U-68 sunk by
Diary April 10, 1919
World War One Diary for Thursday, April 10, 1919: France – Peace Process: League of Nations accepts Monroe Doctrine, Geneva to be its headquarter. India: Amritsar rioting begins. Rioting at
Diary April 9, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, April 9, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Bukovina region completely occupied by Russians. Occupied Territories France: Giraud appointed Inspector-General of Free French Army.
Diary April 9, 1919
World War One Diary for Wednesday, April 9, 1919: France – Peace Process: Saar to be under League of Nations control for 15 years until plebiscite, but France to own
Diary April 8, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, April 8, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russian 4th Ukrainian Front launches Crimean offensive. 1st Ukrainian Front reaches Czech border.
