Diary JULY 9, 1914
World War One Diary for Thursday, July 9, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA The Emperor receives Baron Wiesner initial report on Sarajevo murders. Count Berchtold comments ‘His Majesty seemed ready for action
Diary July 9, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, July 9, 1944: Western Front Normandy: British 2nd Army takes Caen. Eastern Front Northern Sector: Russians cross river Vuoksi in Karelian Isthmus. Pacific Marianas: Americans
Diary JULY 8, 1914
World War One Diary for Wednesday, July 8, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA German Ambassador in Vienna insists to Austrian foreign minister Berchtold on necessity for an energetic attack on Serbia before
Diary July 8, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 8, 1944: Western Front Normandy: ‘Titanic’ artillery barrage precedes major attack by British-Canadian 2nd Army northwest of Caen, which advances up to 5 km
Diary JULY 7, 1914
World War One Diary for Tuesday, July 7, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Council of Ministers and Chief of Staff meet for nearly 7 hours; only Count Tisza disagrees on principle of
Diary July 7, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 7, 1944: Pacific Marianas: 3,000-strong rearguard of Saipan garrison storms US positions (night July 7-8) – before suffering annihilation. General Saito and Admiral Nagumo
Diary JULY 6, 1914
World War One Diary for Monday, July 6, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY The Kaiser leaves Kiel on imperial yacht Hohenzollern for his annual summer cruise in Norwegian waters. He will not
Diary July 6, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 6, 1944: Air War Pacific: First purpose-built US night fighter – Northrop P-61 Black Widow – destroys Japanese Mitsubishi G4M Betty bomber over Saipan.
Diary JULY 5, 1914
World War One Diary for Sunday, July 5, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY Austrian Special Envoy Count Hoyos arrives in Berlin to find out German intentions after Sarajevo. Austrian Ambassador lunches at
Diary July 5, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 5, 1944: Sea War Channel: Neger (Negro) type U-boats begin operations off Normandy. In 3 night operations they sink 4 light warships and cripple
Diary JULY 4, 1914
World War One Diary for Saturday, July 4, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Archduke’s funeral at Artstetten family castle, 50 miles West of Vienna, after Hofburg Vienna lying-in-state.
Diary July 4, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, July 4, 1944: Western Front Normandy: British 2nd Army takes Carpiquet, west of Caen. Air War Western Europe: V-1 storage depots in limestone caverns at
Sinking the Bismarck – Operation Rhine Exercise
Operation Rheinübung (‘Rhine Exercise’), the final cruise of the Bismarck. Detailed action, numerous photos and video about the sinking of the great German battleship. Here to Part I: development, specifications,
Diary JULY 3, 1914
World War One Diary for Friday, July 3, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Hungarian Prime Minister Count Tisza demands in letter to Count Berchtold that Council of Ministers meet. POLITICS: TURKEY Constantinople
Diary July 3, 1944
World War One Diary for Monday, July 3, 1944: Eastern Front Central Sector: 100,000-strong German 4th Army encircled at Minsk. Mediterraneany Italy: Siena captured by Free-French troops. Sea War Channel:
Military ranks in the Second World War: a comparison of the Wehrmacht, the SS and the Allies
An overview of all military ranks and grades from the Second World War. Comparison tables for the Wehrmacht, the SS, the US Army, the Red Army, the British Army and
Diary JULY 2, 1914
World War One Diary for Thursday, July 2, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA German Ambassador assures Count Berchtold and Emperor Francis Joseph (‘I see a very dark future’) of Berlin’s support. Francis
Diary July 2, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, July 2, 1944: Sea War Pacific: Americans land on Noemfoor Island, west of Biak. Crew of Japanese submarine I-8 murders survivors of SS Jean Nicolet.
Diary JULY 1, 1914
World War One Diary for Wednesday, July 1, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Austrian battleship Viribus Unitis arrives at Trieste with Sarajevo victims’ bodies. POLITICS: SOUTH AFRICA Indian Relief Act. POLITICS: USA
Diary July 1, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 1, 1944: Sea War Pacific: US submarine Cobia sinks 6 ships in Japanese home waters during July; submarine Ray torpedoes 5 ships in Philippines-East
