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
Diary May 31, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, May 31, 1918: Western Front Battlefield debut of French Renault FT-17 light tank: 30 (3 lost) in Retz Forest helps stem German advance as
Diary May 30, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, May 30, 1943: Sea War Pacific: End of organized Japanese resistance on Attu. 2,622 Japanese and 549 Americans killed. Air War Britain: FW 190 fighter-bombers
Diary May 30, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, May 30, 1918: Southern Fronts Macedonia – Combat of Skra di Legen: At 0455 hours Greek Crete and Archipelago divisions (2,659 casualties) storm fortified
Diary May 29, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, May 29, 1943: Far East China: Chinese troops recapture Yuyangkwan, east of Ichang. Air War Germany – Wuppertal Raid: 719 RAF bombers (33 lost) despatched;
Diary May 29, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, May 29, 1918: Western Front Marne: GERMANS CAPTURE SOISSONS, Fere-en-Tardenois, Vregny plateau and heights south of the Vesle, cross river Ourcq French forced off
Diary May 28, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, May 28, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: 100 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers attack oil refinery and shipping at Leghorn (Livorno). P-40 Warhawk fighter-bombers and B-26 Marauder
