Diary October 24, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, October 24, 1918: Southern Fronts Italian Front: BATTLE OF VITTORIO VENETO (THIRD PIAVE; until November 4) begins in rain on Caporetto first anniversary at
Diary October 23, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 23, 1943: Air War Germany: 486 RAF bombers attacking Kassel and dropping 1,824t of bombs. Mediterranean Italy: British 8th Army attacks across river Trigno,
Diary October 23, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, October 23, 1918: Western Front Selle – Third phase: Byng’s Third Army (including 6 tanks) attacks Forest and Ovillers, captures Grand Champ Ridge, Rawlinson’s
Diary October 22, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 22, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean: 3 Allied destroyers mined in Aegean (October 22-24).
Diary October 22, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, October 22, 1918: Sea War North Sea: Levetzow delivers verbal operational order (Operations Plan No 19) to Hipper at Wilhelmshaven: ‘High Seas Fleet shall
Diary October 21, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 21, 1943: Occupied Territories Philippines: Japan grants ‘independence’ to Philippines. Malaya: SC Bose forms provisional government of ‘Free India’ at Singapore. Air War Mediterranean:
Diary October 21, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, October 21, 1918: Southern Fronts Italian Front: Diaz’s final orders for upcoming offensive stress aim ‘to separate the Austrian forces on the Trentino from
Diary October 20, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 20, 1943: Air War Germany: 285 RAF and RCAF Lancaster bombers raid Leipzig in severe weather (1,085t bombs dropped). Mosquitoe bombers attack Berlin. 17
Diary October 20, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, October 20, 1918: Southern Fronts Serbia – Battle of Paracin (until October 23): Serb First Army attacks strong counter-attacking German rearguards in Upper Morava
Diary October 19, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 19, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: B-25 Mitchell bombers and Beaufighters attack convoys north of Crete (October 19 and 20). German prison ship Sinfra sunk
Diary October 19, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, October 19, 1918: Western Front France: FOCH’S LAST GENERAL DIRECTIVE to his 14 armies. Britain: Haig visits CIGS and War Cabinet in London, considers
Diary October 18, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 18, 1943: Air War Germany: 349 RAF bombers attacking Hannover (night October 18-19) and dropping 1,697t of bombs. Home Fronts Germany: Hitler confers with
Diary October 18, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, October 18, 1918: Western Front Serre: Mangin’s French Tenth Army wins final victory breaking Hunding line astride river Serre (Czechs in action on October
Diary October 17, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 17, 1943: Sea War Pacific: German disguised raider Michel sunk off Yokohama by US submarine Tarpon. Exchange of Japanese and Allied civilian internees aboard
Diary October 17, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, October 17, 1918: Politics Austria: Czechs proclaim Republic at Prague (Council in Paris declares formal independence on October 18); Hungarian Parliament declares independence except
Diary October 16, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 16, 1943: Occupied Territories Yugoslavia: Sixth German offensive against Tito’s Partisans in Bosnia (ends inconclusively, mid-January 1944). Eastern Front Southern Sector: Fierce fighting in
Diary October 16, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, October 16, 1918: Western Front Flanders: Last German shelling of Dunkirk. Corporal Hitler (16th Bavarian Reserve Regiment) wounded by BEF gas shell (evacuated half-blinded
Diary October 15, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 15, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: British 8th Army captures Campobasso and Vinchiaturo – important road junctions south of Rome and the Gustav Line.
Diary October 15, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, October 15, 1918: Western Front Germany: Since September 26, 43 German reserve divisions committed. Flanders: British 34th Division return to Menin as to south
Diary October 14, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 14, 1943: Air War Germany – SECOND SCHWEINFURT RAID (‘Black Thursday’): 291 B-17 Fortress bombers despatched; 228 drop 483 t bombs on target. 60
