Diary December 31, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, December 31, 1942: Sea War Atlantic – BATTLE OF THE BARENTS SEA (Operation Regenbogen = ‘Rainbow’): Heavy cruisers Luetzow and Admiral Hipper make repeated, bungled, […]
Diary December 31, 1917
World War One Diary for Monday, December 31, 1917: Western Front British took 1,018 PoWs and 4 guns. 183,896 AEF (American Expedition Force) personnel now in Europe. Sea War Allied
Diary December 30, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 30, 1942: Air War Western Europe: B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberators bomb Lorient U-boat base. Northwest Africa: Night raid on Casablanca by Focke-Wulf
Diary December 30, 1917
World War One Diary for Sunday, December 30, 1917: Southern Fronts Piave: French 47th Division (259 casualties) recaptures Mt Tomba in 25 minutes with nearly 1,564 PoWs. Austrians forced to
Diary December 29, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 29, 1942: Eastern Front Stalingrad: Kotelnikovo, important airfield 153 km southwest of Stalingrad, recaptured by Russians after house-to-house fighting.
Diary December 29, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, December 29, 1917: Home Fronts Britain: National Labour Convention demands general rationing. Churchill letter ‘I am strongly pressing that the cavalry should be put
Diary December 28, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, December 28, 1942: Eastern Front Caucasus: Hitler orders Army Group A to withdraw from dangerously exposed salient in the Caucasus. Poltics French Northwest Africa: De
Diary December 28, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, December 28, 1917: Air War Western Front: Royal Flying Corps ace McCudden shoots down 3 LVGs in 20 minutes (4 kills on December 23).
Diary December 27, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, December 27, 1942: Air War Pacific: Japanese parachute supplies to half-starved expeditionary forces on Guadalcanal.
Diary December 27, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, December 27, 1917: Middle East Palestine: Turk counterattack towards Jerusalem fails 3 miles north astride Nablus road despite fresh 1st Division. Deciphered radio message
Diary December 26, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, December 26, 1942: Politics North Africa: Giraud appointed High Commissioner in French North Africa. Air War Southeast Asia: US 10th AAF bombers raid Lashio (Burma
Diary December 26, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, December 26, 1917: Air War Italy: Large air battle 18 miles north of Venice, 9 of 30-40 Austrian aircraft shot down bombing Istrana airfield
Diary December 25, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, December 25, 1942: Africa Western Desert: British 8th Army captures Sirte. Eastern Front Caucasus: Russians recapture two towns near Nalchik and reopen ‘Ossetian Military Highway’.
Diary December 25, 1917
World War One Diary for Tuesday, December 25, 1917: Africa Mozambique: British patrols pursue Germans 40 miles south of river Rovuma. Lettow receives Christmas dinner from his officers. Eastern Front
Diary December 24, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, December 24, 1942: Eastern Front Stalingrad: Russians throw back Hoth’s Stalingrad relief force from river Myshkova to river Aksay (December 24) and Kotelnikovo (December 29).
Diary December 24, 1917
World War One Diary for Monday, December 24, 1917: Sea War Britain: Jellicoe resigns as First Sea Lord at Geddes’ request (made public on December 26). Admiral Sir W Wemyss
Diary December 23, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 23, 1942: Air War Western Europe: RAF Bostons and Venturas bomb St Malo and Den Helder.
Diary December 23, 1917
World War One Diary for Sunday, December 23, 1917: Southern Fronts Italian Front: French Tenth Army C-in-C Fayolle informs Foch that Italians ‘had recovered their spirit and wanted to fight’.
Diary December 22, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 22, 1942: Air War Western Europe: RAF fighters, fighter-bombers and Boston light bombers make day and night attacks on rail communications in West Germany,
Diary December 22, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, December 22, 1917: Western Front Britain: Lieutenant-General Sir R Maxwell BEF QMG since January 1915 resigns; succeeded by Lieutenant-General Sir T Clarke. France: General
