WW2 War Diary for Saturday, April 11, 1942: Home Fronts India: British Government’s constitutional proposals withdrawn, following their outright rejection by Congress Party. Stafford Cripps broadcasts to Indian people. Bulgaria: […]
World War One Diary for Wednesday, April 11, 1917: Western Front Artois: British 3rd Cavalry Division with 2 divisions of Third Army, with 11 tanks, capture Monchy-Ie-Preux and Wancourt, but
WW2 War Diary for Friday, April 10, 1942: Occupied Territories Norway: Bishop Berggrav sent to Bredvedt Concentration Camp, near Oslo (Quisling threatens him with execution). Pacific East Indies: Japanese land
World War One Diary for Tuesday, April 10, 1917: Western Front Artois: Canadian troops (7,707 casualties on April 9-10) clear Vimy Ridge with fall of tough Hill 145. German reserves
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, April 9, 1942: Sea War Indian Ocean: Japanese Carrier Force raids Trincomalee naval base (Ceylon); dive-bombers sink British carrier Hermes, Australian destroyer Vampire, a corvette
World War One Diary for Monday, April 9, 1917: Western Front Easter Monday; Artois: BATTLES OF ARRAS (until May 16) begin at 0530 hours in bitter cold and sleet on
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, April 8, 1942: Air War China: First experimental flight by US transport plane over ‘The Hump‘ – mountain barrier between India and China (regular service
World War One Diary for Sunday, April 8, 1917: Secret War Germany: Lenin with 19 to 20 Bolsheviks begin ‘sealed train’ journey from Switzerland to Petrograd (until April 16) via
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, April 7, 1942: Government-in-Exile Holland: Admiral Helfrich appointed C-in-C of all Dutch forces in Far East and Southwest Pacific. Politics Turkey: Exchange of wounded British
World War One Diary for Saturday, April 7, 1917: Air War Western Front: Second Lieutenant Ball returns (to 56 Squadron) after teaching pilots in England. Richthofen’s 5 Albatros DIIIs shoots
WW2 War Diary for Monday, April 6, 1942: Sea War Indian Ocean: Three squadrons of Japanese cruisers and destroyers ravage Allied shipping in Bay of Bengal – sinking 16 vessels.
World War One Diary for Friday, April 6, 1917: Politics USA DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY at 1300 hours, (House so votes 373 to 50) and seizes 87 German ships in
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, April 5, 1942: Sea War INDIAN OCEAN: JAPANESE CARRIER STRIKE ON COLOMBO, CEYLON. 91 bombers and dive-bombers cripple AMC Hector and destroyer Tenedos in harbour,
World War One Diary for Thursday, April 5, 1917: Air War Western Front: Royal Flying Corps at Arras bombing starts with attacks against kite balloons (only 5 destroyed until April
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, April 4, 1942: Air War Baltic – Operation Eisstoss (‘Ice Strike’): Ju 87 Stukas, Ju 88s and He 111s attack Russian Baltic Fleet in Leningrad.
World War One Diary for Wednesday, April 4, 1917: Western Front Artois: BEF 2,000-gun Arras barrage begins including gas shells, wreaks great destruction on 12-mile front. Aisne: German raiding party
WW2 War Diary for Friday, April 3, 1942: Air War Mediterranean: General Quaade, Luftwaffe spokesman, admits that the Luftwaffe has been unable to neutralize Malta because of its ‘tremendously strong’
World War One Diary for Tuesday, April 3, 1917: Air War Mesopotamia: Royal Flying Corps BE2c damaged by German Fokker E (9 aircraft newly arrived). Another BE2c (flown since November
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, April 2, 1942: Air War Britain: Night raid on Weymouth; 2 hospitals hit, heavy casualties.
World War One Diary for Monday, April 2, 1917: Politics USA: President Wilson‘s war message to Congress ‘The world must be made safe for democracy’. Britain: US and British flags
