Diary November 4, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, November 4, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: American troops cross upper Volturno River. Air War Germany: 527 RAF bombers attacking Duesseldorf and dropping 2,234t of bombs.
Diary November 4, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, November 4, 1918: Sea War Baltic: Enraged by ‘Karlstrasse Bloodbath’ thousands of sailors, 20,000 garrison troops and workers join Kiel mutiny. Crew of battleship
Diary November 3, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 3, 1943: Air War Germany: 500 B-17 Fortress and 100 B-24 Liberator bombers, heavily escorted by P-38 Lightning and P-47 Thunderbolt escort-fighters, bomb Wilhelmshaven
Diary November 3, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, November 3, 1918: Southern Fronts Italian Front: AUSTRIAN ARMISTICE SIGNED AT 1800 HOURS by Generals Weber and Badoglio at Diaz’s Villa Giusti headquarter near
Diary November 2, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 2, 1943: Sea War North Sea: British blockade-runner Master Standfast – 1 of 5 fast boats plying between Hull and Lysekil (Sweden) – captured
Diary November 2, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, November 2, 1918: Southern Fronts Italy: Allied Supreme War Council approves plan (until November 4) for up to 40 Italian divisions (including 5 British
Diary November 1, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, November 1, 1943: Sea War Pacific – Operation Cherry Blossom: AMERICAN MARINES LAND ON BOUGAINVILLE, largest Solomons Island. Warships and carrier planes bombard Buka airfield.
Diary November 1, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, November 1, 1918: Western Front France: FOCH’S PLAN FOR FINAL PHASE OF GENERAL OFFENSIVE (until November 11): major thrusts by BEF in North and
Diary October 31, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 31, 1943: Sea War Merchant shipping losses in October 1943: 13 Allied ships with 61,085 tons in Atlantic, 16 Allied ships with 78,776 tons
Diary October 31, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, October 31, 1918: Southern Fronts Piave: Italian Fourth and Sixth Armies occupy empty Austrian Grappa and Asiago lines, by 1700 hours 2 Alpini battalions
Diary October 30, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 30, 1943: Eastern Front Southern sector: Russians now control several bridgeheads on right bank of Lower Dnieper, together with entire left bank, except for
Diary October 30, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, October 30, 1918: Southern Fronts Piave: Italian Firenze lancers and Bersaglieri cyclists enter Vittorio Veneto (old Austrian Sixth Army headquarter). Third Army storms Lower
Diary October 29, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 29, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: Port of Mondragone captured by 5th US Army.
Diary October 29, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, October 29, 1918: Southern Fronts Italian Front – AT 0830 HOURS AUSTRIANS SEEK ARMISTICE: Captain Ruggera takes white flag to Italian lines at Serravak
Diary October 28, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 28, 1943: Home Fronts USA: 530,000 coal miners on strike; Roosevelt commandeers mines, November 1; strike ends November 3. New Zealand: Butter rationed.
Diary October 28, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, October 28, 1918: Middle East Mesopotamia – Battle of Sharqat (until October 30): 1/7th Gurkhas ferried over to Cassels after 33-mile march in 21
Diary October 27, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 27, 1943: Sea War Pacific: NZ forces land in Treasury lsland (Solomons). Home Fronts Britain: Death of (Miss) Radclyffe Hall, notorious author of ‘Well
Diary October 27, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, October 27, 1918: Southern Fronts Piave: Austrian counter-attacks recapture Mt Pertica (briefly), Istrice and Valderoa (600 PoWs). After wading across from 0645 hours Italians
Diary October 26, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 26, 1943: Home Fronts India: Wavell visits famine-stricken areas in Bengal; relief camps to be established.
Diary October 26, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, October 26, 1918: Southern Fronts Piave: Italian Grappa attacks mainly fail, gaining only Peak 1186 and Col del Cuc (Aosta Alpini Battalion 568 casualties
