Diary December 21, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, December 21, 1942: Pacific New Guinea: Stuart tanks penetrate strongly held Japanese perimeter at Buna.
Diary December 21, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, December 21, 1917: Western Front Alsace: Fierce clashes at Harmannsweilerkopf, Germans ejected. Eastern Front Russia: Antonov, People’s Commissar for War, made C-in-C ‘for the
Diary December 20, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, December 20, 1942: Air War Western Europe: US B-17 Fortress and B-24 Liberators (6 lost), escorted by 300 Allied fighters, bomb aircraft repair depot at
Diary December 20, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, December 20, 1917: Middle East Palestine – Battle of Jaffa (until December 22): XXI Corps’ 8,100 men and 88 guns surprise cross river Auja
Diary December 19, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, December 19, 1942: Africa East Africa: Major-General Dan Pienaar, GOC South African Division in Libya and leader of victorious South African troops during East African
Diary December 19, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, December 19, 1917: Air War Britain: Air defences finally told of Giant bomber, codenamed Bertie, after its eight raid. Sea War Channel: New Dover
Diary December 18, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, December 18, 1942: Eastern Front Stalingrad: Hoth makes repeated attempts to force the river Myshkova, 40 km southwest of Stalingrad (December 18-23), but without success.
Diary December 18, 1917
World War One Diary for Tuesday, December 18, 1917: Southern Fronts Piave: Austrian 4th Division captures Mt Asolone (5315 ft) with 2,000 PoWs and view of plains below, farthest Austrian
Diary December 17, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, December 17, 1942: Home Fronts Britain: Foreign Minister Eden announces that Germans ‘are now carrying into effect Hitler‘s oft-repeated intention to exterminate the Jewish people
Diary December 17, 1917
World War One Diary for Monday, December 17, 1917: Home Fronts Britain: Lord Rhondda says ‘Food queues must be stopped’, rationing probably inevitable. No post to neutrals, except to PoWs
Diary December 16, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 16, 1942: Eastern Front Operation Saturn: Russians smash Italian 8th Army along river Don, northwest of Stalingrad (December 16-18). Pacific New Guinea: Australian infantry
Diary December 16, 1917
World War One Diary for Sunday, December 16, 1917: Western Front Artois: British success east of Avian. Sea War Bristol Channel: Sloop HMS Arbutus sunk by U-boat. Home Fronts Britain:
Diary December 15, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 15, 1942: Air War Western Desert: RAF and USAAF batter retreating German columns west of El Agheila throughout the day, against negligible Luftwaffe opposition;
Diary December 15, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, December 15, 1917: Eastern Front BREST-LITOVSK 28-DAY ARMISTICE (until January 14, 1918) signed between Russia and Central Powers to begin noon on December 17.
Diary December 14, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, December 14, 1942: Africa Western Desert: Rommel skilfully evades 8th Army trap at El Agheila (December 14-18). Pacific New Guinea: Japanese reinforcements land near Buna.
Diary December 14, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, December 14, 1917: Southern Fronts Piave: Austrian 4th Divison takes Col Captile on Brenta valley side but shell shortage postpones exploitation. Sea War Naval
Diary December 13, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, December 13, 1942: Occupied Territories Holland: Anton Mussert, leader of Dutch Nazi Party (NSB), appointed ‘Leader of Netherlands People’ by Hitler. France: Laval says ‘without
Diary December 13, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, December 13, 1917: Southern Fronts Italy: After Austrian Czernin status quo peace hint from December 5, Prime Minister Orlando tells deputies in secret session
Diary December 12, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, December 12, 1942: Eastern Front Operation Wintersturm (‘Winter Storm’): 13 German divisions, under Manstein and Hoth, attempt to punch a corridor from Kotelnikovo to Stalingrad,
Diary December 12, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, December 12, 1917: Eastern Front Russia: Bolsheviks fight Cossacks at Rostov, occupy it on December 14. General Kaledin retakes it on December 15 with
