Diary August 2, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, August 2, 1942: Home Fronts India: Mahatma Gandhi warns that Indian people will welcome Japanese invasion unless British grant full independence.
Diary August 2, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, August 2, 1917: Air War North Sea – First aircraft landing on a ship steaming: RNAS Squadron-Commander Dunning’s Sopwith Pup side-slips onto HMS Furious
Diary August 1, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 1, 1942: Sea War Indian Ocean – Operation Stab: British Eastern Fleet carries out protracted manoeuvres in Bay of Bengal in attempt to divert
Diary August 1, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, August 1, 1917: Politics Papal peace note to combatants (sent August 9, published August 14): Kaiser supports on August 17, but Allies very critical.
Diary July 31, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 31, 1942: Eastern Front Southern Russia: German troops cross river Don on wide front. Air War Germany: 630 RAF bombers (including 211 bomber-trainers) make
Diary July 31, 1917
World War One Diary for Tuesday, July 31, 1917: Western Front Flanders – THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES (‘PASSCHENDAELE’) (until November 18): 9 British and 6 French divisions attack at 0350
Diary July 30, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 30, 1942: Air War China: American P-40 fighters repulse series of Japanese raids on Hengyang air base, southwest China (July 30-31) Britain: New type
Diary July 30, 1917
World War One Diary for Monday, July 30, 1917: Western Front Aisne: Artillery in action. Eastern Front Galicia: Austrian Third Army retakes Zaleszczycki and Sniatyn. German Suedarmee, Austrians and Turk
Diary July 29, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 29, 1942: Eastern Front South Russia: Hoth’s Panzers capture Tsimlyanskaya, on river Don, west of Stalingrad. Farther south Kleist’s Panzers capture Proletarskaya. Pacific New
Diary July 29, 1917
World War One Diary for Sunday, July 29, 1917: Eastern Front Galicia: Russian resistance south of river Dniester stiffens, but Bukovina retreat continues. Western Front Germany: Ludendorff issues detailed program
Diary July 28, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, July 28, 1942: Home Fronts Britain: Death of Sir Matthew Flinders Petrie, archaeologist; aged 89.
Diary July 28, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, July 28, 1917: Eastern Front Galicia: Austro-German troops reach Russian frontier at Gusiatyn (Wild Cossack Division confronts 40,000 deserters there from July 25-27) on
Diary July 27, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, July 27, 1942: Air War Britain: 30 German raiders, operating singly in cloudy weather over many parts of England, bomb 2 airfields, 4 factories and
Diary July 27, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, July 27, 1917: Western Front Britain: British Heavy Branch MG Corps becomes Tank Corps. Flanders: British Guards Division occupies 3,000 yards of German evacuated
Diary July 26, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, July 26, 1942: Air War Eastern Front: Russian 8th Air Army and 4-engined Pe-8s of the ADD (‘Long-range Bombing Force’) carry out round-the-clock operations in
Diary July 26, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, July 26, 1917: Air War Flanders: Major air battle over Polygon Wood involving 94 British and German aircraft, repeated on July 27 when more
Diary July 25, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 25, 1942: Eastern Front Southern Russia: Kleist’s Panzers begin crossing river Don. Africa French Northwest Africa: British and American Chiefs of Staff decide to
Diary July 25, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, July 25, 1917: Western Front Britain: Cabinet assures Haig of its approval and wholehearted support for his offensive. Germany: Ludendorff confidential instruction warns against
Diary July 24, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 24, 1942: Sea War Atlantic: Admiral Doenitz, broadcasting from Berlin, describes the ever-increasing threat to his submarine operations from British and American warships and
Diary July 24, 1917
World War One Diary for Tuesday, July 24, 1917: Home Fronts France: Mata Hari’s trial opens in public, death sentence (July 25), two appeals rejected. Britain: Commons votes record £650
