Diary December 9, 1917
World War One Diary for Sunday, December 9, 1917: Middle East Palestine – FALL OF JERUSALEM: Mayor hands keys to Ptes Church and Andrewes (mess cooks), then to GOC 60th
Diary December 8, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 8, 1942: Sea War Pacific: US submarine Halibut sinks 4 ships in Japanese home waters during December. Black Sea: Russian submarine D-5 sinks Turkish
Diary December 8, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, December 8, 1917: Middle East Palestine: British advance on Jerusalem begins despite heavy rain, 60th Division takes two villages, 297 PoWs, 3 guns and
Diary December 7, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, December 7, 1942: Pacific Solomons: US 155-mm howitzers pound Japanese positions from dawn to dusk (‘Hate Shoot’ to commemorate Pearl Harbor anniversary). Air War Pacific:
Diary December 7, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, December 7, 1917: Western Front Britain: BEF GHQ Intelligence predict German 1918 offensive no later than March 1918. Battle of Cambrai ends: British 2-2
Diary December 6, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, December 6, 1942: Air War Western Europe: Low-level daylight raid by 78 RAF Mosquitoes, Bostons and Venturas (15 lost, 53 damaged) on Philips radio works
Diary December 6, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, December 6, 1917: Southern Fronts Trentino: Austrian 21st Rifle Division storms Mt Sisemol (2,000 PoWs). Italians consolidate new line farther south across Valstagna and
Diary December 5, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, December 5, 1942: Sea War Pacific: US Navy Department Report on Pearl Harbor Raid (December 7, 1941) and salvage operations: Arizona, the only battleship totally
Diary December 5, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, December 5, 1917: Southern Fronts Trentino: Conrad drives towards Foza, but delayed by Bersaglieri and Alpini troops rearguard. Middle East Palestine: First British trains
Diary December 4, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, December 4, 1942: Air War Mediterranean: B-24 Liberators of 9th USAAF bomb Naples; fast cruiser Muzio Attendolo sunk, 2 other Italian cruisers and 4 destroyers
Diary December 4, 1917
World War One Diary for Tuesday, December 4, 1917: Southern Fronts Trentino: Scheuchenstuel’s Eleventh Army (35 battalions) eliminates Mts Meletta-Badenecche salient northeast of Asiago in 4 hours, taking 16,000 PoWs,
Diary December 3, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, December 3, 1942: Africa Tunisia: Germans counter-attack in Tebourba sector.
Diary December 3, 1917
World War One Diary for Monday, December 3, 1917: Middle East Palestine: British 74th Division battalion (286 casualties) takes but loses Beit-Ur-el Foka. Mesopotamia – Third Action of Jebel Hamrin:
Diary December 2, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 2, 1942: Home Fronts USA: FIRST CONTROLLED NUCLEAR CHAIN-REACTION initiated by Prof. Enrico Fermi in makeshift laboratory under University of Chicago football stadium. Italy:
Diary December 2, 1917
World War One Diary for Sunday, December 2, 1917: Eastern Front CEASEFIRE begins on dates fixed by local army commanders. Russian Armistice Commission crosses German lines at Dvinsk and continues
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
