Diary June 30, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, June 30, 1942: Eastern Front Siege of Sebastopol: Germans break into the city. Attempted evacuation of garrison begins. Sieg of Leningrad: Colonel-General von Kuechler, German […]
Diary June 30, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, June 30, 1917: Eastern Front Galicia: Heavy artillery action, German reply includes gas. Commander Locker-Lampson sees Kerensky in Southwest Front HQ train ‘Prodigious effort
Diary June 29, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, June 29, 1942: Africa Western Desert: Rommel takes Mersa Matruh and 6,000 PoWs. Air War Mediterranean: Mussolini flies to Derna (Libya), in aircraft marked with
Diary June 29, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, June 29, 1917: Eastern Front Galicia: Kerensky order ‘Your C-in-C (Brusilov), beloved through victory, is convinced that each day of delay merely helps the
Diary June 28, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, June 28, 1942: Eastern Front Siege of Sebastopol: Germans establish bridgehead on south shore of North Bay, directly threatening Sebastopol city (night June 28-29). AXIS
Diary June 28, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, June 28, 1917: Western Front France: 14,000 US regulars and marines (2/3 recruits) land at St Nazaire. Verdun: Fierce fighting west of Hill 304
Diary June 27, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, June 27, 1942: Sea War Black Sea: Russian destroyer Tashkent evacuates 2,300 wounded and civilians from Sebastopol; she is bombed repeatedly en route to Novorossisk,
Diary June 27, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, June 27, 1917: Air War Western Front: First Sopwith Camel aerial victory of Royal Flying Corps (with No 70 Squadron first RFC unit to
Diary June 26, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, June 26, 1942: Africa Western Desert: British 8th Army carries out ‘panic’ retreat from Mersa Matruh – unaware that Rommel’s forces are virtually exhausted. Home
Diary June 26, 1917
World War One Diary for Tuesday, June 26, 1917: Western Front Artois: British occupy La Coulotte. In thunderstorm Canadian Corps begins capture of Avion south of Lens (until June 29).
Diary June 25, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, June 25, 1942: Africa Western Desert: Auchinleck sacks Ritchie and takes personal command of 8th Army. Air War Germany: ‘THOUSAND-BOMBER’ RAID ON BREMEN. 1,006 aircraft
Diary June 25, 1917
World War One Diary for Monday, June 25, 1917: Southern Fronts Trentino: At 0230 hours surprise Austrian attack by 7 battalions with 103 guns and mortars in close support recaptures
Diary June 24, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, June 24, 1942: Occupied Territories Yugoslavia: In Yugoslavia 2 major offensives by German, Italian and ‘puppet’ troops (January – June 1942) force Tito’s Partisans to
Diary June 24, 1917
World War One Diary for Sunday, June 24, 1917: Air War Western Front: Germans shoot down 3 BEF Second Army balloons, 2 more subsequently. Independent Jagdgeschwader 1 of Jasta 4,
Diary June 23, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, June 23, 1942: Secret War Britain: RAF captures Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A – latest German piston-engined fighter – which the pilot lands by mistake at
Diary June 23, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, June 23, 1917: Air War Palestine: Royal Navy Air Service (3 Shorts from carrier Empress) and Royal Flying Corps (7 aircraft) simultaneously bomb Tulkarm
Diary June 22, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, June 22, 1942: Eastern Front Rumanian casualties in 12 months: 157,572. Politics USA: Litvinov, Russian Ambassador to USA, demands immediate launching of a ‘Second Front’,
Diary June 22, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, June 22, 1917: Western Front France: Petain tells Pershing French morale very low. Southern Fronts Salonika: British 7th Mounted Brigade (c.2,100 men) begins to
Diary June 21, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, June 21, 1942: Africa Western Desert: FALL OF TOBRUK. Germans take 32,000 prisoners (including the entire 2nd South African division with General Koppel), several hundred
Diary June 21, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, June 21, 1917: Air War Western Front: First operational Fokker Dr I triplane fighters delivered to Richthofen’s Jasta 11 at Courtrai. Western Front Flanders:
