Diary September 24, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 24, 1943: Sea War North Sea: Operation Probestueck (‘Test Piece’). 29 German E-boats lay mines off Harwich.
Diary September 24, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, September 24, 1918: Western Front Germany: OHL informs Berlin Government that armistice talks inevitable. Somme: Anglo-French attack on 4-mile front east of Vermand to
Diary September 23, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 23, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: US 5th Army launches offensive north of Salerno. Sea War Mediterranean: Destroyer Eclipse sinks German torpedo boat and prison ship
Diary September 23, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, September 23, 1918: Middle East Palestine: 500 British cavalry capture Acre and Haifa with 889 PoWs and 18 guns. Liman arrives in Damascus (stay
Diary September 22, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 22, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: RUSSIAN 13TH ARMY CROSSES RIVER DNIEPER, south of Kiev – penetrating so-called ‘Eastern Rampart’ defences along right bank.
Diary September 22, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, September 22, 1918: Southern Fronts Serbia: Serb Second Army reaches Negotino on river Vardar, 20 miles north of line from September 14. Prilep-Gradsko rail
Diary September 21, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 21, 1943: Sea War Arctic: German battleship Tirpitz disabled by ‘X-Craft’ (British midget submarines) in Alta Fjord, North Norway. Pacific: Australian commandos enter Singapore
Diary September 21, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, September 21, 1918: Air War Palestine – RAF’S MOST DEVASTATING 1914-18 BATTLEFIELD INTERVENTIONS: Bristol Fighters and SE5s (105 planes in theatre) in 4 hours
Diary September 20, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 20, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: British and US troops link up at Eboli. Sea War Indian Ocean: Italian submarine Cagni surrenders at Durban (South Africa).
Diary September 20, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, September 20, 1918: Sea War Adriatic: Austrian coastal submarine U-47 (ex-German UB-47) sinks French submarine Circe (1 survivor) off Albania. Eastern Front Russia: Sovnarkom
Diary September 19, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 19, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: 20 U-boats deployed against convoys ON.202 and ONS.18 (September 19-23). Germans claim outstanding successes with acoustic torpedoes against escorting
Diary September 19, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, September 19, 1918: Middle East Palestine – BATTLES OF MEGIDDO (until September 25): Bulfin’s XXI Corps (35,000 men) advances from 0430 hours behind 385-gun
Diary September 18, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 18, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: 5th Army captures Battipaglia. Germans retreat from Salerno bridgehead. Sea War Atlantic: RESUMPTION OF ‘WOLF-PACK’ OPERATIONS AGAINST CONVOYS following re-equipment
Diary September 18, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, September 18, 1918: Western Front Germany: Ludendorff warns Admiral Scheer of plans for abandoning Flanders coast. Somme – Battle of Epehy: British Third and
Diary September 17, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 17, 1943: Eastern Front Central Sector: BRYANSK CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS. Mediterranean Italy: Patrols of Allied 5th and 8th Armies link up near Agropoli, south
Diary September 17, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, Septenber 17, 1918: Southern Fronts Macedonia: Franco-Serb breakthrough now 6 miles deep and 20 miles wide. General Ruser orders his Bulgar 2nd Division to
Diary September 16, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 16, 1943: Occupied Territories Yugoslavia: Split occupied by Tito’s Partisans (recaptured by Germans, September 28). Italy: Suicide of Marshal Cavallero, ex-Chief of Italian General
Diary September 16, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, September 16, 1918: Sea War Channel: Monitor HMS Glatton scuttled at Dover following magazine explosion and fire. Coastal submarine UB-103, sighted by British blimp
Diary September 15, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 15, 1943: Home Fronts Italy: Mussolini re-establishes Fascist regime in North Italy – along ‘National Socialist’ lines, as the ‘Italian Social Republic’ (Repubblica Sociale
Diary September 15, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, September 15, 1918: Southern Fronts Macedonia: At 0530 hours 36,000 Serb, French and Italian infantry attack 12,000 Bulgars and Germans, capture Mt Vetrenik (4,725ft),
