Diary October 6, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, October 6, 1918: Middle East Syria: DMC occupies Rayak and Zahle (177 PoWs), 30 burnt planes at former. Eastern Front USSR: British Petrograd officials […]
Diary October 5, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 5, 1943: Air War Eastern Front: Stuka units re-designated Schlachtgeschwader and restricted to low-level night ground-attack duties. Sea War Atlantic: U-boat U-389 sunk by
Diary October 5, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, October 5, 1918: Western Front Somme and Cambrai: British 25th Division (Fourth Army) with 6 tanks captures Beaurevoir; Germans retire from Scheldt Canal. Kaiser
Diary October 4, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 4, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: Planes from US carrier Card sink ‘U-tanker’ U-460 and U-boat U-422 and damage U-264 near Azores. Passing convoy escapes
Diary October 4, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, October 4, 1918: Western Front France: Allies announce capture of 254,012 PoWs; 3,669 guns; 23,000 MGs between July 15 and September 30. Meuse and
Diary October 3, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 3, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean: Operation Eisbaer (‘Polar bear’). Germans land on Kos (Aegean), capturing 1,388 British and 3,145 Italians. Far East China: New
Diary October 3, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, October 3, 1918: Western Front Somme and Cambrai – BATTLE OF BEAUREVOIR LINE (until October 5): British Fourth and Third Armies attack on 8-mile
Diary October 2, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 2, 1943: Eastern Front Central Sector: Great Russian Smolensk offensive grinds to a stop, midway between that city and Vitebsk-Orsha. Mediterranean Italy: 5th US
Diary October 2, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, October 2, 1918: Western Front Germany: Bussche briefs Reichstag party leaders: sustained Allied attacks on whole Western Front make formation of reserves impossible; OHL
Diary October 1, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 1, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: Allied 5th Army enters Naples. Politics USSR: Harriman appointed US Ambassador in Moscow.
Diary October 1, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, October 1, 1918: Middle East Syria: FALL OF DAMASCUS (population c.250,000). 3rd ALH Brigade enters before 0630 hours, Lawrence and Arabs at 0730 hours;
Diary September 30, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 30, 1943: Eastern Front Siege of Leningrad: 11,394 shells fall on city in September, killing 124 and wounding 468. Home Fronts Italy: Badoglio forms
Diary September 30, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, September 30, 1918: Western Front Flanders: British troops 2 miles away from Menin. Cambrai: British in Cambrai outskirts; six villages captured. German incendiarists at
Diary September 29, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 29, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: US 5th Army captures Castellamare and Pompeii (ancient ruins slightly damaged). British 8th Army enters Adriatic port of Manfredonia. Politics
Diary September 29, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, September 29, 1918: Western Front Germany: Ludendorff severely depressed; he and Hindenburg insist on armistice and new government; Kaiser agrees. Cambrai: BEF RIGHT WING
Diary September 28, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 28, 1943: Air War Germany: 599 RAF bombers attacking Hannover and dropping 2,196t of bombs. Occupied Territories France: General Legentilhomme appointed Free French Commissioner
Diary September 28, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, September 28, 1918: Southern Fronts Salonika: Armistice talks begin at 1600 hours including General Lukov and Bulgar Finance Minister who hope for neutral status
Diary September 27, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 27, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: During series of attacks on 6 convoys (September 27 – October 9) by 21 U-boats only 2 ships are
Diary September 27, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, September 27, 1918: Western Front Meuse-Argonne: Franco-American advance slows. Montfaucon behind Michel Stellung and Varennes (Crown Prince’s 1916 Verdun observation point) captured, 23,000 PoWs.
Diary September 26, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 26, 1943: Sea War: Channel: British MGBs and Dutch MTBs attack German convoy; 2 cargo ships and a patrol boat sunk (night September 26-27).
