Diary December 1, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 1, 1942: Home Fronts Britain: ‘Beveridge Report’ (Social Insurance and Allied Services) published: lays the framework for post-war National Health Service and Social Security […]
Diary December 1, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, December 1, 1917: Middle East Palestine: Turk 19th Division’s German-style storm battalion destroyed attack of ALH and 52nd Division at El Burj. Kress hands
Diary November 30, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, November 30, 1942: Sea War Pacific – BATTLE OF TASSAFARONGA: US cruiser force attempts to destroy the ‘Tokyo Express’ – 8 destroyers carrying rice to
Diary November 30, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, November 30, 1917: Western Front Cambrai – GERMAN SURPRISE COUNTERATTACK BEGINS with 0830 hours barrage including much gas shell: Second Army, reinforced to 20
Diary November 29, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 29, 1942: Africa Tunisia – Battle of Tebourba-Djedeida: British armoured ‘Blade Force’, supported by American tanks, makes costly efforts to storm German hilltop strongholds
Diary November 29, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, November 29, 1917: Air War Italian Front: First British flight over Italian lines (Montello area) shoots down 1 Austrian single-seater but fighter attacks prevent
Diary November 28, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, November 28, 1942: Air War Mediterranean: RAF drop 8,000-lb bombs on Turin (night November 28-29). US bombers hit port facilities and power station at Tripoli.
Diary November 28, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, November 28, 1917: Eastern Front Russia: Lenin and Trotsky radio and telegram proclamation ‘The Russian Army and the Russian people cannot and will not,
Diary November 27, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 27, 1942: Sea War Mediterranean: SCUTTLING OF FRENCH FLEET. German plan to capture fleet intact at Toulon is foiled by Admiral de Laborde, who
Diary November 27, 1917
World War One Diary for Tuesday, November 27, 1917: Western Front Cambrai: Exhausted British disengage at Cambrai after Guards Division (with 32 tanks) driven back in Bourlon and Fontaine sectors.
Diary November 26, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, November 26, 1942: Africa Tunisia: British capture Medjez-el-Eab, southwest of Tunis. Air War Southeast Asia: US bombers attack Bangkok oil refinery.
Diary November 26, 1917
World War One Diary for Monday, November 26, 1917: Southern Fronts Trentino: Austrian Edelweiss Division (only 2,000 strong by November 27) fails to capture Col della Berretta against 2 Italian
Diary November 25, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 25, 1942: Air War Eastern Front: STALINGRAD AIRLIFT (November 25, 1942-February 2, 1943): Luftwaffe transport units (joined by bomber units, from November 30) attempt
Diary November 25, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, November 25, 1917: Eastern Front Western Russia: Fraternization near Baranovichi. At Orsha railway junction anti-Bolshevik troops going for Moscow are stopped. Home Fronts Russia
Diary November 24, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 24, 1942: Air War Mediterranean: RAF raids airfields at Gabes, Bizerta and Tunis.
Diary November 24, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, November 24, 1917: Southern Fronts Trentino: Emperor Charles ends attacks in Asiago sector, Conrad’s losses 15,030 (nearly 7,000 sick) since November 10. Western Front
Diary November 23, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, November 23, 1942: Eastern Front Siege of Leningrad: German heavy artillery and bombers in action before dawn. 50,000 shells hit the city during 1942; shelling
Diary November 23, 1917
World War One Diary for Froday, November 23, 1917: Africa East Africa: Zeppelin L59 (left Jamboli, Bulgaria on November 21 with 15t supplies including 30 MGs after vain attempts on
Diary November 22, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 22, 1942: Air War Germany: 222 RAF bombers including Short Stirlings attack Stuttgart and dropping 335 tons of bombs (night November 22-23). Eastern Front
Diary November 22, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, November 22, 1917: Southern Fronts Piave: Crisis day in key Mt Grappa sector as Austro-Germans storm onto Mt.Tomba (3,176 ft), but Laderchi’s IX Corps’
