Diary July 19, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 19, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: Leghorn captured by 5th US Army.
Diary JULY 18, 1914
World War One Diary for Saturday, July 18, 1914: POLITICS: BRITAIN Spithead Naval Review (18-20 July): King George V reviews 260 Royal Navy ships off Portsmouth.
Diary July 18, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, July 18, 1944: Home Front Japan TOJO RESIGNS, General Koiso and Admiral Yonai appointed Co-Premiers, July 19; General Umezu appointed COAGS. Western Front Americans capture
German Orders of Battle January 1942 and the Soviet winter offensive
The Soviet winter offensive 1941/42 from December 5-6, 1941 and German Orders of Battle from 2 January 1942. The first major offensive of the Red Army, the counterattack in front
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Diary JULY 17, 1914
World War One Diary for Friday, July 17, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Report that Serbia has called up 70,000 reservists. Council of Ministers alter ultimatum delivery date to July 23. POLITICS:
Diary July 17, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, July 17, 1944: Western Front: ROMMEL BADLY WOUNDED by low-flying RAF Spitfire fighters. Home Front Russia: 57,000 Germans, captured in Byelorussia, are paraded through streets
Diary JULY 16, 1914
World War One Diary for Thursday, July 16, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Count Berchtold cables Minister in Sofia to seek Bulgaria’s alliance against Serbia, but envoy fails to see Tsar Ferdinand
Diary July 16, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, July 16, 1944: Russian Front: Germans launch fruitless counterattack against 3rd BRF’s bridge-heads over river Niemen.
Diary JULY 15, 1914
World War One Diary for Wednesday, July 15, 1914: POLITICS: HUNGARY Count Tisza tells Budapest Chamber relations with Serbia ‘must be cleared up’. POLITICS: FRANCE Senat passes £56.3 million military
Diary July 15, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 15, 1944: Russian Front: Russians halt in Karelian Isthmus. Italy: British 8th Army breaks through at Arezzo and reaches river Arno (July 15-16). 5th
Diary JULY 14, 1914
World War One Diary for Tuesday, July 14, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Council of Ministers finally decide on action against Serbia; 48-hour ultimatum to be delivered on July 25, after French
Diary July 14, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 14, 1944: Russian Front: Russians capture Pinsk. Occupied France: Vichy announces death of Georges Mandel, former Minister of Interior; murdered by the Milice (Vichy
Diary JULY 13, 1914
World War One Diary for Monday, July 13, 1914: POLITICS: SERBIA Reports of projected attack on Austrian Legation at Belgrade. POLITICS: RUSSIA Woman stabs Rasputin at his Tobolsk home, Siberia.
Diary July 13, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 13, 1944: Secret War Britain: Pilot of Ju 88 G night fighter equipped with special radar and radio homing equipment lands by mistake at
Diary JULY 12, 1914
World War One Diary for Sunday, July 12, 1914: POLITICS: FRANCE French President Poincare and Prime Minister Vivani embark at Dunkirk for long-arranged state visit to Russia; they sail in
Diary July 12, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 12, 1944: Western Front Normandy: Brigade-General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., CGM, dies of heart attack.
Diary JULY 11, 1914
World War One Diary for Saturday, July 11, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Baron Wiesner arrives from Vienna in Sarajevo to speed up inquiry and report about the assassination until July 13.
Diary July 11, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, July 11, 1944: Eastern Front Central Sector: Elimination of trapped German 4th Army. 70,000 killed since late June, 35,000 captured. Pacific New Guinea: 6,000 Japanese
Diary JULY 10, 1914
World War One Diary for Friday, July 10, 1914: POLITICS: SERBIA Russian Minister dies suddenly at Austrian Legation in Belgrade. POLITICS: ITALY General Cadorna appointed Chief of Staff. POLITICS: IRELAND
Diary July 10, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, July 10, 1944: Eastern Front Northern Sector – Great Russian offensive into Baltic States: 2nd BF attacks northwest of Vitebsk (July 10); 3rd BF attacks
