Diary November 9, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, November 9, 1917: Eastern Front Russia: 4 million copies of Bolshevik Peace Decree sent to Front. Kerensky occupies Gatchina (28 miles south of capital)
Diary November 8, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 8, 1942: Sea War Mediterranean: OPERATION TORCH – ALLIED LANDINGS IN FRENCH NORTH AFRICA. 3 powerful Allied Task Forces, including US battleships Massachusetts and
Diary November 8, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, November 8, 1917: Eastern Front Russia – BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION: Red Guards overrun Winter Palace at 0100 hours. c.1,800 Red sailors arrive by train from
Diary November 7, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 7, 1942: Sea War Mediterranean: U-boats and Italian submarines attack Allied Task Forces engaged in Operation Torch (November 7-15). 7 transports sunk and 3
Diary November 7, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, November 7, 1917: Eastern Front Petrograd: Kerensky leaves by car to find loyal troops, other ministers in Winter Palace with 1,000 troops surrounded by
Diary November 6, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 6, 1942: Africa Western Desert: Heavy rain slows down 8th Army mechanized columns and gives Rommel brief respite.
Diary November 6, 1917
World War One Diary for Tuesday, November 6, 1917: Middle East Palestine: 17,000-strong XX Corps (1,300 casualties) storms central Turk Sheria position (c.4,000 men + c.40 guns) without prelim barrage,
Diary November 5, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, November 5, 1942: Africa Western Desert: Rommel attempts to make a stand at Fuka, 113 km west of El Alamein, but once again his lines
Diary November 5, 1917
World War One Diary for Monday, November 5, 1917: Southern Fronts Italian Front: At Rapallo conference Italians ask for 15 Allied divisions, but settle for 11. Temporary British C-in-C Italy
Diary November 4, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 4, 1942: Air War North Africa: Allied bombers and fighter-bombers wreak havoc among hordes of German and Italian vehicles and infantry retreating westwards from
Diary November 4, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, November 4, 1917: Southern Fronts Italian Front: Austrians take 10,000 PoWs and 24 guns cut off south of Tolmezzo from Italian XII Corps (Tassoni)
Diary November 3, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 3, 1942: Africa Western Desert: Montgomery breaks through Rommel’s scratch defences west of Alamein. Pacific Solomons: Japanese reinforcements land east and west of Henderson
Diary November 3, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, Npvember 3, 1917: Western Front France: First 3 AEF US troops killed and 11 made PoWs in German storm coy trench raid. Aisne: French
Diary November 2, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, November 2, 1942: Africa Western Desert: ALLIED VICTORY AT ALAMEIN. Phase 2 of Battle – Operation Supercharge: 8th Army compels Axis army to withdraw from
Diary November 2, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, November 2, 1917: Middle East Palestine: 6 Turk battalions compel Newcombe’s surrender. Turk Seventh Army counter-attacks DMC 10 miles north of Beersheba until November
Diary November 1, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 1, 1942: Pacific Solomons: US Marines launch counter-offensive on Guadalcanal. Home Fronts Brazil – Currency changes: Cruzeiro of 100 Centavos replaces the Milreis of
Diary November 1, 1917
World War One Diary for Thuersday, November 1, 1917: Southern Fronts Italian Front: Italians hold river Tagliamento (up to 3,000y yards wide) line until November 2 to allow time for
Diary October 31, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 31, 1942: Air War Britain: German fighter-bomber raid on Canterbury: 68 Jabos, escorted by 68 fighters (3 lost), approach target, but balloon barrage hampers
Diary October 31, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, October 31, 1917: Middle East Palestine – THIRD BATTLE OF GAZA (until November 7): after 24-30 mile march, DMC (11,000 men and 28 guns)
Diary October 30, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 30, 1942: Sea War Atlantic: Transport President Doumer (11,900 t.) sunk by U-boat U-604 off northwest Africa.
