Diary March 29, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, March 29, 1918: Home Fronts France: Paris Gun causes 165 civilian casualties in Church of St Gervais. Senate votes 1919 class call up. Britain:
Diary March 28, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, March 28, 1943: Africa Tunisia: British 8th Army captures Mareth; Axis forces abandon Mareth Line. Home Fronts Italy: German munition ship catches fire and explodes
Diary March 28, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, March 28, 1918: Western Front USA: Pershing places AEF units at Foch’s disposal. Artois – FOURTH BATTLE OF ARRAS: Ludendorffs Operation Mars fails bloodily
Diary March 27, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, March 27, 1943: Africa Tunisia: US 34th Infantry Division makes unsuccessful assault on Fondouk Pass. Sea War Britain: Escort carrier Dasher lost in Clyde Estuary
Diary March 27, 1918
World War One Diary for Wendesday, March 27, 1918: Western Front Britain: BEF weekly officer casualties record 6,325 since March 21. Somme: Turning point in great offensive (by Rupprecht). French
Diary March 26, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, March 26, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Spring thaw halts fighting around Kharkov. Sea War Pacific – Battle of the Kommandorsky Islands: Japanese Admiral Hosogaya
Diary March 26, 1918
World War One Diary for Tuesday, March 26, 1918: Western Front DOULLENS CONFERENCE between Clemenceau, Lord Milner, Haig, Petain and Foch (all but Haig met at Compiegne at 1700 hours
Diary March 25, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, March 25, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: 2 U-boats sunk by RAF B-17 Fortress bomber (March 25 and 27). Mediterranean: Repatriated survivors of British naval vessels
Diary March 25, 1918
World War One Diary for Monday, March 25, 1918: Western Front Somme: A gap opens between BEF and French Armies. Germans capture Bapaume, Nesle and Noyon. Gough’s Fifth Army pushed
Diary March 24, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, March 24, 1943: Air War Britain: Fighter-bomber raid on Ashford. 8 night raiders shot down over North England and South Scotland. Sea War Mediterranean: British
Diary March 24, 1918
World War One Diary for Sunday, March 24, 1918: Western Front Somme: First Battle of Bapaume (until March 25). Separation of BEF and French Armies threatened. Germans destroy 500-strong South
Diary March 23, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, March 23, 1943: Africa Tunisia: Germans counter-attack at Mareth; British 8th Army withdraws. Sea War Mediterranean: Troopship Windsor Castle sunk by He 111 torpedo planes
Diary March 23, 1918
World War One Diary for Saturday, March 23, 1918: Western Front Somme – Battle of St Quentin ends. British lose line of Crozat Canal: Gough decides to continue retreat to
Diary March 22, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, march 22, 1943: Air War Western Europe: Mosquito fighters shoot down 2 Ju 88s over Bay of Biscay. Nearly 300 night bombers attack St Nazaire.
Diary March 22, 1918
World War One Diary for Friday, March 22, 1918: Western Front Somme – GERMANS OVERRUN MOST OF BEF BATILE ZONE. Masses of infantry advance; Germans ‘leapfrog’ fresh divisions through tired
Diary March 21, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, March 21, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Germans recapture Belgorod, northeast of Kharkov. Spring thaw slows down operations. Sea War Atlantic: US submarine Herring sinks
Diary March 21, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, March 21, 1918: Western Front Somme – SECOND BATTLE OF THE SOMME AND GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE begins: German Michael Offensive (or ‘Kaiser Battle’) (until
Diary March 20, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, March 20, 1943: Africa Tunisia – BATTLE OF MARETH: (March 20-28) British 8th Army attack Axis forces holding the ‘African Maginot Line’, along Tunisia-Libya border.
Diary March 20, 1918
World War One Diary for Wednesday, March 20, 1918: Air War Germany: Iron Cross markings ordered changed to Balkenkreuze (Greek Cross) as from April 15. Britain: Trenchard tenders resignation but
Diary March 19, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, March 19, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: German aircraft employ ‘circling torpedoes’ against Allied shipping in Tripoli harbour. Home Fronts USA: Frank Nitti, notorious gangster and
