Diary July 10, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, July 10, 1918: Eastern Front USSR: 5th Congress of Soviets adopts RSFSR Constitution. Volga: Vatsetis named new Red Eastern Front Commander. North Caucasus: Denikin’s […]
Diary July 9, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 9, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: B-24 Liberator bombers destroy Axis GHQ at Taormina (Sicily). British 1st Airborne Division and US 82nd Airborne Division land
Diary July 9, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, July 9, 1918: Sea War USA: Henry Ford launches first ‘Eagle Boat’ patrol vessel. 60 of 100 ordered built, PE1 commissions October 28, 1918.
Diary July 8, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 8, 1943: Sea War North Sea: British Home Fleet, together with USS Alabama and South Dakota carry out unsuccessful sortie along Norwegian coast, intended
Diary July 8, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, July 8, 1918: Southern Fronts Piave: First American wounded in Italy is 18-year-old American Red Cross canteen driver Ernest Hemingway severely wounded at Fossalta
Diary July 7, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 7, 1943: Air War Eastern Front: Top Luftwaffe ‘ace’ Lieutenant Erich Hartmann shoots down 4 Lavochkin fighters and 3 Stormoviks near Kursk (Hartmann’s final
Diary July 7, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, July 7, 1918: Western Front Somme: Australians advancing in hills north and south of the river (59th Battalion refuses to advance on July 8).
Diary July 6, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, July 6, 1943: Air War Pacific: Japanese planes bomb US troops on Rendova Island (New Georgia).
Diary July 6, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, July 6, 1918: Southern Fronts Albania – Italian offensive (until July 14): Ferrero’s XVI Corps (53 battalions) with 300 guns (+ 2 Royal Navy
Diary July 5, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, July 5, 1943: Eastern Front TANK BATTLE OF KURSK (Operation Zitadelle; ‘Citadel’): final German summer offensive; attempt to encircle and destroy 2 Russian army groups
Diary July 5, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, July 5, 1918: Eastern Front USSR: Lenin’s speech to 5th Congress of Soviets interrupted by Left Socialist Revolutionary (Russian peasant party, expelled July 9).
Diary July 4, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, July 4, 1943: Occupied Territories Poland – GENERAL SIKORSKI KILLED: Polish Prime Minister in Exile and C-in-C killed in air crash near Gibraltar (engine failure);
Diary July 4, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, July 4, 1918: Western Front Somme – Actions of Hamel and Vaire Woods: US troops, brigaded with British, in action for first time. Tank-aided
Diary July 3, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 3, 1943: Air War Germany: RAF night raid on Cologne by 589 bombers (1,808t bombs); Humboldt-Deutz works (U-boat accumulators) seriously damaged.
Diary July 3, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, July 3, 1918: Middle East Turkey: Death of Sultan Mohammed V aged 73 at Yildiz, brother Mohammed VI succeeds. Eastern Front Allied Supreme War
Diary July 2, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 2, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: B-24 Liberator bombers drop 200t bombs on 3 airfields in South Italy; German aircraft make unsuccessful ‘air-to-air’ bombing runs
Diary July 2, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, July 2, 1918: Politics USA: Wilson declares that over 1 million Americans have sailed for France (only 8,165 casualties out of 1,019,115 US troops
Diary July 1, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 1, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: U-boat groups driven from Bay of Biscay (July 1 – August 2); 9 sunk, 20 damaged (and forced to
Diary July 1, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, July 1, 1918: Sea War British Home Waters: In July Air ASW (anti-submarine warfare) effort now going to convoy escort (310 aircraft and airships)
Diary June 30, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, June 30, 1943: Sea War Pacific – OPERATION CARTWHEEL: Americans begin series of operations aimed at isolating Rabaul (main Japanese stronghold in Southwest Pacific) with
