Diary October 20, 1917
World War One Diary for Tuesday, October 20, 1917: Air WAr Flanders: 45 Royal Flying Corps Sopwith Camel fghters and Spads (2 lost) attack Rumbeke airfield southeast of Roulers from […]
Diary October 19, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 19, 1942: Home Fronts China: 30 additional Chinese divisions to be armed and equipped by USA. Africa Madagascar: King’s African Rifles encircle and capture
Diary October 19, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, October 19, 1917: Air War Britain – The ‘Silent Raid’: 13 German naval Zeppelins (5 lost) fly disastrous high-altitude mission against Northern England industrial
Diary October 18, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 18, 1942: Sea War Pacific: Vice-Admiral Halsey replaces Vice-Admiral Ghormley as C-in-C South Pacific. Home Fronts Germany: Hitler orders all captured British Commandos to
Diary October 18, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, October 18, 1917: Home Fronts USA: Navy Secretary Daniels calls Liberty loan U-boat (on display New York) ‘this stiletto of modern warfare’; 58 enemy
Diary October 17, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 17, 1942: Air War Western Europe: 94 Lancaster bombers (1 lost) attack Schneider armaments and locomotive works at Le Creusot, southeast of Paris, at
Diary October 17, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, October 17, 1917: Sea War Baltic – Gulf of Riga 27-minutes battleship action: Russian battleship Slava damaged (3 hits) by Koenig and Kronprinz, goes
Diary October 16, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 16, 1917: Home Fronts India: Cyclone kills approx. 40,000 in Bengal.
Diary October 16, 1917
World War One Diary for Tuesday, October 16, 1917: Western Front Aisne: French attack west of Craonne fails. 1,800 French guns and 460 mortars prepare way for limited offensive (until
Diary October 15, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 15, 1942: Sea War Norwegian Sea: Norwegian submarine Uredd sinks German transport Libau.
Diary October 15, 1917
World War One Diary for Monday, October 15, 1917: Africa East Africa – Battle of Nyangao and Mahiwa (until October 18): ‘An equatorial Gettysburg’ (largest battle of the war), c.4,950
Diary October 14, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 14, 1942: Eastern Front Stalingrad: Germans launch second ‘final’ offensive at Stalingrad, preceded by ferocious artillery/mortar barrage and deadly accurate Stuka raids. Ruined Tractor
Diary October 14, 1917
World War One Diary for Sunday, October 14, 1917: Southern Fronts Salonika: British 27th Division (47 casualties) recaptures Homondos (night October 13-14) village with 153 Bulgars (79 killed) and 3
Diary October 13, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 13, 1942: Pacific Solomons: Japanese artillery and bombers pound Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. Sea War Atlantic: German disguised raider Komet attempts to break out
Diary October 13, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, October 13, 1917: Western Front Britain: French including Foch (at Chequers, England) demand BEF front extension before November 1, but matter left to C-in-Cs.
Diary October 12, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 12, 1942: Home Fronts USA: 600,000 Italian-Americans no longer to be classified as ‘enemy aliens’.
Diary October 12, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, October 12, 1917: Eastern Front Baltic Provinces – German landings on Gulf of Riga Islands: Operation Albion with General Kathen’s 23,000 men (42nd Infantry
Diary October 11, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 11, 1942: Sea War Pacific: BATTLE OF CAPE ESPERANCE. US cruiser-destroyer force surprises Japanese squadron northwest of Guadalcanal and sinks cruiser Furutaka and destroyer
Diary October 11, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, October 11, 1917: Air War France: Royal Flying Corps’ 41st Wing (DH4s, FE2bs and 8 RNAS Handley Page bombers) formed, LAUNCHES 13-MONTH DAY/NIGHT STRATEGIC
Diary October 10, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 10, 1942: Politics Argentina, Chile: Governments protest about ‘offensive’ remarks about Axis espionage operations in their respective countries, made by US Secretary of State,
