Diary September 20, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, September 20, 1917: Western Front Ypres – Battle of the Menin Road Ridge (until September 25): Third Allied attack of ‘Third Ypres’, directed by […]
Diary September 19, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 19, 1942: Air War Eastern Front: 30 Finnish bombers despatched to Lavansaari Island (Gulf of Finland); many aircraft lose their way in thick fog
Diary September 19, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, September 19, 1917: Africa East Africa: Kilwa Force action at Mihambia (until September 20) costs 145 casualties and fails to cut off over 1,100
Diary September 18, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 18, 1942: Sea War Madagascar – Operation Jane: British brigade lands at Tamatave, on east coast.
Diary September 18, 1917
World War One Diary for Tuesday, September 18, 1917: Southern Fronts Italy: Cadorna cancels 12th Isonzo offensive and starts defensive preparations, tells Allies this on September 20 who halt guns
Diary September 17, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 17, 1942: Occupied Territories Norway: Quisling reintroduced capital punishment in Norway. Africa Madagascar: Vichy Governor-General Annet rejects British armistice terms. Home Fronts USA: Roosevelt
Diary September 17, 1917
World War One Diary for Monday, September 17, 1917: Politics France: Churchill meets French Munitions Minister Loucheur in Paris, latter urges Allied Munitions Council. Home Fronts Britain: Bread subsidy with
Diary September 16, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 16, 1942: Eastern Front Stalingrad: Rodimtsev Division recaptures Mamai Hill, but suffers appalling casualties (fighting continues on and around Hill until January 1943). Air
Diary September 16, 1917
World War One Diary for Sunday, September 16, 1917: Middle East Arabia: Lawrence leads 100 Arabs against Mudauwara Station on Hejaz Railway, blows up and captures Turk train (over 180
Diary September 15, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 15, 1942: Sea War Pacific: US carrier Wasp sunk by Japanese submarine I-19, south of Guadalcanal; new battleship North Carolina damaged by torpedo. Eastern
Diary September 15, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, September 15, 1917: Western Front Flanders: British capture strongpoint north of Inverness Copse. Portuguese repulse attack at Neuve Chapelle. Aisne: Petain adopts plan for
Diary September 14, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 14, 1942: Africa Western Desert – Operation Agreement: combined operations against Tobruk by seaborne and land-based commandos fails disastrously. Stukas sink anti-aircraft cruiser Coventry,
Diary September 14, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, September 14, 1917: Home Fronts Russia: Kerensky proclaims Republic and Council of Five, but power really passing to Petrograd Soviet. USA: $2 billion naval
Diary September 13, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, Septenber 13, 1942: Eastern Front FINAL GERMAN OFFENSIVE AT STALINGRAD: Savage hand-to-hand fighting continues in city until November 18. Pacific Solomons – BATTLE OF BLOODY
Diary September 13, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, September 13, 1917: Eastern Front Germany: Hoffmann diary ‘A German advance on Petersburg now would bring about the complete collapse of Russia’. Galicia: Germans
Diary September 12, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 12, 1942: Eastern Front Stalingrad: General Chuikov appointed GOC Russian 62nd Army which is defending the city. Sea War Atlantic – LACONIA INCIDENT: Liner
Diary September 12, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, September 12, 1917: Southern Fronts Italian Front: Italian losses since August 10 a record of 166,000 men (18,000 PoWs) so far. Austrians c.85,000 (29,000
Diary September 11, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 11, 1942: Pacific New Guinea: Japanese troops advance on Port Moresby halted at Ioribaiwa, 51 km north. Home Fronts USA: 12 workers killed and
Diary September 11, 1917
World War One Diary for Tuesday, September 11, 1917: Air War Ypres: Legendary French ace Guynemer (54 victories) missing over Poelcapelle aged 22, first revealed in London (September 27) on
Diary September 10, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 10, 1942: Air War Germany: 476 RAF bombers (including 174 bomber/trainers) make second concentrated 50-minutes night raid on Duesseldorf (31 bombers lost). Sea War
