Diary August 26, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, August 26, 1918: Western Front Somme: GERMAN 10-MILE RETIREMENT on 55-mile line south to north of Noyon-east of Peronne-Bapaume-Lens (night August 26-27). Ludendorff overrules
Diary August 25, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, August 25, 1943: Southeast Asia Burma: Mountbatten appointed Supreme Commander in Southeast Asia. Occupied Territories Denmark: Shipyard workers on strike. Pacific Solomons: End of Japanese
Diary August 25, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, August 25, 1918: Western Front Somme: British troops now again hold Albert-Bapaume road, Mametz Wood, 2nd Division recaptures Behagnies and Sapignies, north of Bapaume.
Diary August 24, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, August 24, 1943: Air War Germany: 625 RAF bombers attacking Berlin and dropping 1,765t of bombs. Home Fronts Germany: Himmler appointed Minister of the Interior.
Diary August 24, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, August 24, 1918: Western Front Somme: British 38th Division recaptures Thiepval Ridge and reaches Bapaume outskirts. British 99th Brigade (2nd Division) captures Mory Copse.
Diary August 23, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, August 23, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: KHARKOV RECAPTURED BY RED ARMY. Air War Britain: Mosquito night-fighters shoot down 4 Me 410 fighter-bombers attacking East
Diary August 23, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, August 23, 1918: Western Front Somme: Main attack by BEF Third and Fourth Armies now on 33-mile front supported by 100 tanks, former advances
Diary August 22, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, August 22, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: B-26 Marauders and Wellington bombers attack Salerno railway yards.
Diary August 22, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, August 22, 1918: Southern Fronts Albania: Last Central Powers’ military success in full swing, regaining Devoli and Semeni river lines. Western Front Britain: Haig
Diary August 21, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 21, 1943: Politics USA: Gromyko becomes Soviet Ambassador in Washington. Home Fronts Australia – General Election: Curtin’s Labour Party wins decisive victory. Opposition Leader,
Diary August 21, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, August 21, 1918: France: ALLIED OFFENSIVE RENEWED (until September 3). Haig tells Churchill chances of 1918 victory good. Somme: SECOND BATTLE OF ALBERT (until
Diary August 20, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 20, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: US medium bombers raid Benevento marshalling yards, north of Naples. Home Fronts Finland: Peace petition handed to Prime Minister
Diary August 20, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, August 20, 1918: Southern Fronts Albania – Austrian counter-offensive (until August 26): Colonel-General Pflanzer-Baltin flown in to command XIX Corps including fresh 45th Division
Diary August 19, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 19, 1943: Pacific New Guinea: Australian troops capture Mt Tambu; Japanese retreat to river Francisco (August 19-26). Air War Mediterranean: B-17 Fortress, B-24 Liberators
Diary August 19, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, August 19, 1918: Western Front Aisne: French troops capture Le Hamel. Somme: French First Army takes over Canadian Corps line; latter transferred to British
Diary August 18, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, August 18, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean: British submarine Saracen sunk by Italian corvette Minerva off Bastia. Politics Portugal: Anglo-Portuguese Agreement on establishment of air bases
Diary August 18, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, August 18, 1918: Western Front Flanders: British Second Army (671 casualties) advance between Vieux Berquin and Bailleul takes 697 PoWs including Fifth Army 5-mile
Diary August 17, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 17, 1943: Air War Germany – FIRST SCHWEINFURT RAID: 230 8th USAAF B-17 Fortress bomb ball-bearing works at Schweinfurt and 146 B-17s bomb Regensburg;
Diary August 17, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, August 17, 1918: Western Front Mangin’s Tenth Army (1,138 guns) gains c.2000 yards between rivers Oise and Aisne with over 2,000 PoWs (until August
Diary August 16, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, August 16, 1943: Home Fronts Italy: Anti-Fascist parties issue joint demand for peace and release of political prisoners. Pacific New Guinea: Australian and American troops
