Diary January 30, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, January 30, 1918: Home Front Germany: Strikes spread to 6 major cities, but leadership divided. Western Front BEF now deployed from Houthulst Forest, northeast […]
Diary January 30, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 30, 1943: Air War Germany – FIRST ALLIED DAYLIGHT BOMBING RAIDS ON BERLIN: 6 RAF Mosquito bombers (1 lost) attack in 2 waves –
Diary January 29, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, January 29, 1943: Sea War Pacific: Giant Japanese submarine I-1 sunk in engagement with NZ armed trawlers Kiwi and Moa off Guadalcanal. 3 US cruisers
Diary January 29, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, January 29, 1918: Air War Britain: Again Moonlight raid on London (20 casualties) by 3 of 4 Giants sent; defences misidentified them as 15
Diary January 28, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, January 28, 1943: Air War Western Europe: 2 Belgian fighter pilots of RAF drop Belgian flags over centre of Brussels.
Diary January 28, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, January 28, 1918: Sea War Dardanelles: HM Submarine E14 (11 survivors PoWs) mined and sunk off Kum Kale in vain attempt to torpedo Goeben.
Diary January 27, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, January 27, 1943: Eastern Front Stalingrad: Russians begin final assault on two large German ‘pockets’ in ruined city. Africa Egypt: Churchill arrives in Cairo for
Diary January 27, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, January 27, 1918: Middle Wast Mesopotamia: Dunsterville Mission (200 men and 41 vehicles) leaves Baghdad for Kermanshah (main target Caucasus). Eastern Front Russia: Bolsheviks
Diary January 26, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, January 26, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russians retake Voronezh. Secret War Britain: Franciscus Johannes Winter, 40-year-old Belgian, executed at Wandsworth, London. He is the
Diary January 26, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, January 26, 1918: Western Front Germany: OHL publishes The Attack in Position Warfare, bible of 1918 offensives, stresses attack in depth with air support.
Diary January 25, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 25, 1943: Eastern Front Stalin issues Order of the Day: in 2 months Red Army has routed 102 enemy divisions and advanced 402 km.
Diary January 25, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, January 25, 1918: Southern Fronts Piave: British 5th Division relieves Italian VIII Corps (until January 27). Eastern Front German Suedarmee disbanded. Rumanians fight Reds
Diary January 24, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 24, 1943: Eastern Front Stalingrad: Hitler wires Paulus: ‘Surrender is forbidden . . . 6th Army will hold their positions to the last man
Diary January 24, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, January 24, 1918: Middle East Mesopotamia: Turk air raids on Baghdad cause slight damage (until January 25). Arabia: Fakhri Bey’s 1,000 troops from Amman
Diary January 23, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 23, 1943: Africa Western Desert: BRITISH 8TH ARMY CAPTURES TRIPOLI. Sea War Pacific: Cruisers Nashville and Helena, ‘Cactus Striking Force’ and planes from carrier
Diary January 23, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, January 23, 1918: Southern Fronts Italian Front: Below’s German Fourteenth Army headquarter closes. Eastern Front Brest-Litovsk: Trotsky suspends talks calling German policy ‘a most
Diary January 22, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, January 22, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Salsk rail junction, southwest of Stalingrad, stormed by Russian armour. Sea War Mediterranean: Force K bombards Rommel’s retreating
Diary January 22, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, January 22, 1918: Eastern Front Austria: Czernin back in Vienna asks permission to make separate peace if necessary, Austria has only two months grain.
Diary January 21, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, January 21, 1943: Eastern Front Stalingrad: Russians capture Gumrak airfield. This is a virtual death-blow to the German airlift. From now on all supplies must
Diary January 21, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, Jnauary 21, 1918: Western Front Germany: LUDENDORFF MAKES FINAL DECISION TO LAUNCH GREAT SPRING OFFENSIVE. D-Day to be March 14. Lorraine: US 1st Division
