Diary September 14, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 14, 1943: Sea War Indian Ocean: U-boat group Monsun (‘Monsoon’) begins operations; 6 ships sunk during October. All except U-533 (lost) then go to
Diary September 14, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, September 14, 1918: Middle East Azerbaijan – Turks capture Baku: 8-10 battalions capture Wolfs Gate. Dunsterforce evacuation ordered at 2000 hours after 180 casualties
Diary September 13, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 13, 1943: Medierranean Italy: Panzers counter-attack and seriously threaten Salerno bridgehead (September 13-14). Allied naval and air forces bombard advancing Germans ’round-the-clock’. Home Fronts
Diary September 13, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, September 13, 1918: Western Front Meuse – St Mihiel: Pershing takes 13,000 PoWs and 200 guns as salient closed at Vigneulles by 0600 hours
Diary September 12, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 12, 1943: Secret War Italy: MUSSOLINI RESCUED by Skorzeny and SS detachment from Gran Sasso in Abruzzi Mountains. Ex-Duce flown out in Storch aircraft.
Diary September 12, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, September 12, 1918: Western Front Meuse – BATTLE OF ST MIHIEL (until September 16): After 4-hour barrage from 0100 hours by 3,010 guns, 216,000
Diary September 11, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 11, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: Do 217s of KG 100 (formerly KGr 100) commence series of attacks on Allied fleet off Salerno, using Fritz
Diary September 11, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, September 11, 1918: Western Front France: Belgian King Albert meets Foch at Bombon and agrees to lead Allied Flanders offensive. Cambrai: German counter-attacks at
Diary September 10, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 10, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: British capture Salerno. Germans occupy Rome and disarm Italian armed forces in the North. Sea War Mediterranean: Huge crowds watch
Diary September 10, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, September 10, 1918: Home Fronts Germany: Kaiser addresses 1500 Krupp workers on only visit to Essen Gusstahlfabrik and gets no response. Eastern Front Volga:
Diary September 9, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 9, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean – ALLIES LAND AT SALERNO: US 5th Army (Lt.Gen. Mark Clark) and British 10th Corps land at Salerno, south
Diary September 9, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, September 9, 1918: Western Front Germany: Lieutenant-Colonel Wetzell, strategic adviser at OHL, superseded owing to rows with Ludendorff. Somme: British gain high ground commanding
Diary September 8, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 8, 1943: Politics SURRENDER OF ITALY: Eisenhower makes a public announcement in Algiers. Italian Armistice Terms: 13 points inc. immediate cessation of hostilities; Italy
Diary September 8, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, September 8, 1918: Western Front France: Foch visits King Albert and Haig (who tells Churchill ‘the Allies should aim at getting a decision as
Diary September 7, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 7, 1943: Air War Germany: 365 RAF bombers attacking Munich and dropping 1,020t of bombs. Politics USA: Correspondence published concerning US refusal to supply
Diary September 7, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, September 7, 1918: Eastern Front USSR: Lenin cables Trotsky ‘Recovery proceeding excellently’. First £12.5 million of war indemnity sent from Moscow. Germans receive at
Diary September 6, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 6, 1943: Eastern Front Central Sector: Russian advance southeast of Smolensk temporarily halted by defence line from Yelnya to river Desna. Air War Mediterranean:
Diary September 6, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, September 6, 1918: Western Front Flanders: GERMAN EVACUATION OF LYS SALIENT COMPLETE. At OHL Conference Hindenburg stresses gravity of situation; Boehn recommends 45-mile retirement
Diary September 5, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 5, 1943: Eastern Front Central sector: Russian 50th Army launches 2-pronged outflanking operations east of Bryansk. Air War Pacific: US paratroops land near Lae
Diary September 5, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, September 5, 1918: Western Front Somme: French Third Army (Humbert) advances on St Quentin from Noyon, retakes Ham on September 6, fights across Crozat
