Diary December 3, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, December 3, 1918: Eastern Front South Russia: Red Army takes Valuiki. Sea War North Sea: Harwich Force detaches cruisers Centaur and Coventry for Baltic […]
Diary December 2, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, December 2, 1943: Air War Mediterranean – Bari air raid disaster: 96 German bombers carry out low-level night raid on Bari in Italy (2 munition
Diary December 2, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, December 2, 1918: Home Fronts USA: Wilson tells Congress he is going to Europe. Britain: Iron and steel subsidies’ I removal for 1919 announced.
Diary December 1, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 1, 1943: Air War Germany: B-17 Fortress bombers attack Solingen, east of Duesseldorf, for second successive day.
Diary December 1, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, December 1, 1918: Western Front BEF and AEF cross pre-1870 German frontier: British Second Army (11 divisions plus 1st Cavalry Division) cross between Oudler
Diary November 30, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 30, 1943: Eastern Front Central Sector: Russians now within 11 km of Zhlobin. Sea War Merchant shipping losses in November 1943: 14 Allied ships
Diary November 30, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, November 30, 1918: Eastern Front USSR: Soviet Central Executive Committee establishes Council of Defence (Lenin chairmen, Trotsky, Stalin and Sverdlov) and War Production Comittee.
Diary November 29, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, November 29, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Fierce fighting in Kiev Salient; SS Panzer divisions in action. Occupied Territories Yugoslavia: National Partisan Assembly appoints Tito
Diary November 29, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, November 29, 1918: Home Fronts Germany: King of Wurttemberg abdicates. Ebert Government decides to convene National Assembly in February 16, 1919. Britain: Lloyd George
Diary November 28, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 28, 1943: Politics CONFERENCE AT TEHERAN (ends December 1): British and Americans give top priority to Operation Overlord. Soviet forces to fight Japan after
Diary November 28, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, November 28, 1918: Politics Germany: Bavaria severs relations with Berlin (threatened November 26). Kaiser signs formal abdication (document brought by Government delegation) as Emperor
Diary November 27, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, November 27, 1943: Eastern Front Central Sector: Russians close in from 3 directions on Zhlobin, vital rail junction northwest of Gomel.
Diary November 27, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, November 27, 1918: Home Fronts Britain: Asquith E Fife speech (Huddersfield November 28). General demobilization not yet possible, ‘pivotal men’ to be released in
Diary November 26, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, Novenber 26, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean: British troopship Rohna sunk by Hs 293 glider-bomb off Bougie, Algeria (1,115 killed). Pacific New Guinea: Australians capture Sattelberg.
Diary November 26, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, November 26, 1918: Western Front Last German troops recross Belgian frontier; French cross German frontier. Lieutenant-General Fergusson appointed British Military Governor of Cologne. Foch
Diary November 25, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, November 25, 1943: Air War Western Europe: US planes attack 2 airfields near St Orner. RAF light bombers and fighters attack numerous targets in North
Diary November 25, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, November 25, 1918: Africa East Africa: LETTOW enters Abercorn and SURRENDERS in hollow square to Brigade-General Edwards. German force comprises Gouverneur Schnee; 20 officers;
Diary November 24, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 24, 1943: Home Fronts Germany: Goebbels issues proclamation to citizens of Berlin: ‘Our will to win is unshakable.’ He exhorts Berliners to defy RAF
Diary November 24, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, November 24, 1918: Home Fronts Italy: D’Annunzio in Corriere delle Sera first refers to ‘mutilated victory’. Western Front BEF AND AEF REACH GERMAN FRONTIER.
Diary November 23, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 23, 1943: Eastern Front Central Sector: Gomel (Byelorussia) virtually encircled by Russians. Southern Sector: Russians counter-attack near Kiev.
