Diary April 18, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, April 18, 1918: Home Fronts Britain: THIRD MILITARY SERVICE ACT becomes law, lowers age to 17 1/2 and raises it to 50, eyesight criteria
Diary April 17, 1943
World War One Diary for Saturday, April 17, 1943: Occupied Territories Poland: Polish Government demands Red Cross investigation of Katyn ‘Massacre’; request withdrawn April 30 under British and Soviet diplomatic
Diary April 17, 1918
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, April 17, 1918: Western Front Germany: Ludendorff orders Aisne attack preparations by German Crown Prince. Flanders: German offensive renewed but without decisive effect; Wytschaete and
Diary April 16, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, April 16, 1943: Air War Britain: FIRST NIGHT RAID BY GERMAN FIGHTER-BOMBERS. 30 Fw 190 fighter-bombers sent to London but only 2 bombs on target.
Diary April 16, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, April 16, 1918: Western Front Flanders: Passchendaele reoccupied by German Fourth Army. Wytschaete and Meteren (with record c.1,000 ΝΖ PoWs) lost and retaken by
Diary April 15, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, April 15, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: British submarine P.615 sunk by U-boat U 123. Eastern Front Southern Sector: Hitler signs operational order for Operation Zitadelle
Diary April 15, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, April 15, 1918: Western Front Flanders: Alpenkorps together with 2 other divisions capture Bailleul and Wulverghem. Plumer evacuates 5 divisons from Passchendaele Ridge. Robillot’s
Diary April 14, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, April 14, 1943: Africa Tunisia: Allied forces compress Axis perimeter in Tunisia from three sides. Air War Britain: Night raid on Chelmsford; prison set on
Diary April 14, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, April 14, 1918: Western Front France: FOCH APPOINTED ALLIED GENERALISSIMO ON WESTERN FRONT. Flanders: 1st Australian Division repels massed charges; a German field gun
Diary April 13, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, April 13, 1943: Air War Pacific: US bombers raid Kiska (Aleutian Islands) round the clock. Sea War Channel: Norwegian/British destroyer Eskdale sunk by German E-boats
Diary April 13, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, April 13, 1918: Western Front Flanders – Battle of Bailleul (until April 15): Germans gain less than 1/2 mile vs British 34th and 59th
Diary April 12, 1943
World War One Diary for Friday, April 12, 1943: Occupied Territories Poland – KATYN MASSACRES: German News Agency reports discovery of mass graves of 10,000 Polish officers in Katyn Forest,
Diary April 12, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, April 12, 1918: Western Front Flanders: German offensive slackens 6 miles from Hazebrouck (until April 16) although Merville falls. British 5th Division arrives from
Diary April 11, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, April 11, 1943: Africa Tunisia: British 1st Army enters Kairouan, third city of Tunisia. Patrols from British 1st and 8th Armies link up west of
Diary April 11, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, April 11, 1918: Western Front Flanders: Armentieres falls to Germans and they take Merville. British 25th Division loses Hill 63. Haig’s ‘Backs to the
Diary April 10, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, April 10, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: P-38 Lightning fighters and B-25 Mitchell bombers scatter 2 large formations of German and Italian transport aircraft over Sicilian
Diary April 10, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, April 10, 1918: Western Front Flanders: Germans recapture Messines Ridge. BEF evacuate Armentieres after 8 German Fourth Army divisions attack on 6-mile front, but
Diary April 9, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, April 9, 1943: Africa Tunisia: British 26th Armoured Brigade drives through Fondouk Pass to Kairouan. Air War Germany: 304 RAF bombers attacking Duisburg and dropping
Diary April 9, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, April 9, 1918: Western Front Flanders – LUDENDORFF’S SECOND BLOW, BATTLE OF THE LYS BEGINS (until April 29) (German Georgette offensive against BEF First
Diary April 8, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, April 8, 1943: Southeast Asia Burma: General Kawabe succeeds General Iida as Japanese C-in-C. Home Fronts USA: Roosevelt freezes wages and sets price ceiling for
