Diary August 29, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, August 29, 1918: Western Front GERMANS BEGIN EVACUATION OF FLANDERS: Sniper kills British war poet Lt H L Simpson at Hazebrouck. CIGS telegram warns […]
Diary August 28, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 28, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: British sloop Egret sunk by Hs 293 glider-bombs, launched from Do 217s (first used on August 25). Eastern Front
Diary August 28, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, August 28, 1918: Western Front GENERAL GERMAN RETREAT FROM THE SCARPE TO ABOVE R AISNE. Somme: Chaulnes reoccupied by French. Crown Prince William Special
Diary August 27, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 27, 1943: Air War Germany: 621 RAF bombers attacking Nuremberg (night August 27-28) and dropping 1,671t of bombs. Politics France: Committee of National Liberation
Diary August 27, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, August 27, 1918: Western Front Somme: British III Corps recaptures Delville and Trones Woods and Greenland Hill. French recapture Roye and Chauny (Oise). Eastern
Diary August 26, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 26, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russians launch general offensive into East Ukraine and across river Dnieper using 4 ‘Fronts’ and elements of ‘Central
Diary August 26, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, August 26, 1918: Western Front Somme: GERMAN 10-MILE RETIREMENT on 55-mile line south to north of Noyon-east of Peronne-Bapaume-Lens (night August 26-27). Ludendorff overrules
Diary August 25, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, August 25, 1943: Southeast Asia Burma: Mountbatten appointed Supreme Commander in Southeast Asia. Occupied Territories Denmark: Shipyard workers on strike. Pacific Solomons: End of Japanese
Diary August 25, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, August 25, 1918: Western Front Somme: British troops now again hold Albert-Bapaume road, Mametz Wood, 2nd Division recaptures Behagnies and Sapignies, north of Bapaume.
Diary August 24, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, August 24, 1943: Air War Germany: 625 RAF bombers attacking Berlin and dropping 1,765t of bombs. Home Fronts Germany: Himmler appointed Minister of the Interior.
Diary August 24, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, August 24, 1918: Western Front Somme: British 38th Division recaptures Thiepval Ridge and reaches Bapaume outskirts. British 99th Brigade (2nd Division) captures Mory Copse.
Diary August 23, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, August 23, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: KHARKOV RECAPTURED BY RED ARMY. Air War Britain: Mosquito night-fighters shoot down 4 Me 410 fighter-bombers attacking East
Diary August 23, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, August 23, 1918: Western Front Somme: Main attack by BEF Third and Fourth Armies now on 33-mile front supported by 100 tanks, former advances
Diary August 22, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, August 22, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: B-26 Marauders and Wellington bombers attack Salerno railway yards.
Diary August 22, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, August 22, 1918: Southern Fronts Albania: Last Central Powers’ military success in full swing, regaining Devoli and Semeni river lines. Western Front Britain: Haig
Diary August 21, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 21, 1943: Politics USA: Gromyko becomes Soviet Ambassador in Washington. Home Fronts Australia – General Election: Curtin’s Labour Party wins decisive victory. Opposition Leader,
Diary August 21, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, August 21, 1918: France: ALLIED OFFENSIVE RENEWED (until September 3). Haig tells Churchill chances of 1918 victory good. Somme: SECOND BATTLE OF ALBERT (until
Diary August 20, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 20, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: US medium bombers raid Benevento marshalling yards, north of Naples. Home Fronts Finland: Peace petition handed to Prime Minister
Diary August 20, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, August 20, 1918: Southern Fronts Albania – Austrian counter-offensive (until August 26): Colonel-General Pflanzer-Baltin flown in to command XIX Corps including fresh 45th Division
Diary August 19, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 19, 1943: Pacific New Guinea: Australian troops capture Mt Tambu; Japanese retreat to river Francisco (August 19-26). Air War Mediterranean: B-17 Fortress, B-24 Liberators
