Diary June 10, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, June 10, 1918: Sea War Adriatic: 2 Italian MAS boats attack and MAS 15 (Rizzo) capsizes and sinks Austrian battleship Szent Istvan (89 die) […]
Diary June 9, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, June 9, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: Since Pantellaria garrison still refuses to surrender, Allied Strategic and Tactical AFs redouble their bombardment. Occupied Territories Yugoslavia: Tito
Diary June 9, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, June 9, 1918: Western Front (FOURTH) GERMAN GNEISENAU OFFENSIVE VS FRENCH ON RIVER MATZ (until June 14) between Noyon and Montdidier (also known as
Diary June 8, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, June 8, 1943: Sea War Pacific: Battleship Mutsu destroyed by magazine explosion in Hiroshima Bay. Air War Mediterranean: Leaflets dropped on Pantellaria, calling for unconditional
Diary June 8, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, June 8, 1918: Sea War Britain: US Ambassador’s wife launches 26,000t carrier HMS Eagle (ex-Chilean dreadnought Almirante Cochrane redesigned by end 1917 as first
Diary June 7, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, June 7, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: 8 U-boats simulate much larger ‘wolf-pack’ by transmitting frequent radio messages. U-334 and U-388 are sunk.
Diary June 7, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, June 7, 1918: Eastern Front USSR: First Congress of Red Military Commissars. Northern Russia: 250 Royal Marines land at Kern on White Sea. Lenin
Diary June 6, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, June 6, 1943: Neutrals Spain: Government proposes the establishment of ‘non-bombing zones’.
Diary June 6, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, June 6, 1918: Western Front Marne – Battle of Belleau Wood (until June 25): US 2nd Division and 4th US Marine Brigade counter-attack west
Diary June 5, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, June 5, 1943: Home Fronts Japan: State funeral for Amiral Yamamoto in Tokyo. Sea War Atlantic: U-boat U-513 sinks 4 ships of Brazil.
Diary June 5, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, June 5, 1918: Air War France: Independent Force formed (officially on June 6) under Trenchard begins operations from Nancy. Organized as 8th Brigade RAF,
Diary June 4, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, June 4, 1943: Air War Eastern Front – First of series of Luftwaffe raids on industrial centres in Russia: Night raid on Gorki (Nsihni Novgorod)
Diary June 4, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, June 4, 1918: Home Fronts France: Clemenceau to Chamber ‘I shall fight before Paris … in Paris … behind Paris.’, wins vote 337-110. Britain:
Diary June 3, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, June 3, 1943: Occupied Territories France: De Gaulle and Giraud reorganize French Committee of National Liberation under their joint presidency: other members inc. Generals Catroux
Diary June 3, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, June 3, 1918: Western Front Churchill visits BEF GHQ, Paris and Front until June 13. Fierce fighting between Soissons and Noyon. French retake Choisy
Diary June 2, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, June 2, 1943: Air War Eastern Front: Big air battle over Kursk; Russians claim 162 ‘kills’ for loss of 30. Sea War Mediterranean: Convoy of
Diary June 2, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, June 2, 1918: Air War Western Front: Oberleutnant Goering awarded Pour le Merite. Germans claim 38 Allied aircraft for loss of 17. Western Front
Diary June 1, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, June 1, 1943: Secret War Western Europe: Ju 88C long-range fighters shoot down Dutch airliner over Bay of Biscay, following false report from agents in
Diary June 1, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, June 1, 1918: Western Front Marne: Germans held between the Oise and Marne (US 3rd Division MG battalion in action, with 5 more divisions
Diary May 31, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, May 31, 1943: Sea War Merchant shipping losses in May 1943: 41 Allied ships with 205,598 tons in Atlantic, 17 Allied ships with 93,830 tons
