Diary February 9, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, February 9, 1942: Southeast-Asia Burma: Japanese cross river Salween. Air War Pacific: Japanese raid airfields near Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies. Home Fronts USA: […]
Diary February 9, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, February 9, 1917: Western Front Somme – Operation Alberich: Germans begin demolitions with programmed removal of material and civilians between Hindenburg Line and actual
Diary February 8, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, February 8, 1942: Home Fronts Germany: Todt, Minister of Armaments and Munitions, killed in air crash at Rastenburg, East Prussia; aged 50. Professor Albert Speer
Diary February 8, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, February 8, 1917: Sea War Adriatic: Grand Admiral Baron Anton von Haus, C-in-C Austrian Fleet dies of lung disease aboard flagship Viribus Unitis aged
Diary February 7, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, February 7, 1942: Eastern Front Central Sector: Fierce fighting in suburbs of Rzhev, 209 km northwest of Moscow. Southern Sector: In Ukraine, Timoshenko recaptures Trosna,
Diary February 7, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, February 7, 1917: Home Fronts Russia: 125,000 in Moscow and Petrograd political strikes (20 leaders arrested February 10-11). Britain: King opens Parliament. Petrol licence
Diary February 6, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, February 6, 1942: North Africa Rommel’s offensive grinds to a halt west of Gazala. Politics Philippines: Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino nationalist leader, broadcasts appeal to embattled
Diary February 6, 1917
World War One Diary for Tuesday, February 6, 1917: Home Fronts Germany: Ludendorff orders halt on all new factories (excluding nitrate plants) not completable by May. Western Front Somme: British
Diary February 5, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, February 5, 1942: Sea War Pacific: Troopship Empress of Asia (16,400t) sunk by Japanese bombers off Singapore. Politics USA: Government declares war on Thailand. Home
Diary February 5, 1917
World War One Diary for Monday, February 5, 1917: Home Fronts Britain: National Service volunteer scheme begins enrolling 18-61 year olds (100,000 by March 3, including 15,000 women in 3
Diary February 4, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, February 4, 1942: Sea War Pacific: US cruiser Marblehead severely damaged by Japanese bombers. Southeast Asia Malaya: Japanese demand unconditional surrender of Singapore. Wavell declares
Diary February 4, 1917
World War One Diary for Sunday, February 4, 1917: Western Front Germany: KAISER SIGNS ORDER FOR RETIREMENT TO SIEGFRIED STELLUNG (Operation Alberich ). Whole zone between existing fighting front and
Diary February 3, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, February 3, 1942: Eastern Front Southern sector: Russians recapture Lozovaya in Barvenkovo Salient, southwest of Kharkov. Air War Pacific: Japanese bomb Port Moresby (New Guinea)
Diary February 3, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, February 3, 1942: Sea War Eastern Atlantic: U-53 sinks US grainship Housatonic off Scilly Islands, British ship rescues the crew. Adriatic: Duke of Abruzzi
Diary February 2, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, February 2, 1942: Secret War Britain: British Naval Staff reports that Gneisenau and Scharnhorst will probably attempt to leave Brest and pass up Channel through
Diary February 2, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, February 2, 1917: Home Fronts Britain: Food Controller appeals for voluntary weekly rationing (London February meat consumption falls 15%). Germany: U-boat workers, railway men
Diary February 1, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, February 1, 1942: Occupied territories Norway: Quisling Government established in Norway. Sea War Pacific: US carriers Enterprise and Yorktown and cruisers Northampton and Salt Lake
Diary February 1, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, February 1, 1917: Sea War GERMANY BEGINS FINAL UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE CAMPAIGN: 105 U-boats in service (42 under repair, 51 lost to date –
Diary January 31, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 31, 1942: Eastern Front Siege of Leningrad: total number of deaths from starvation, typhus, dysentery, heart failure, etc., in January-February 1942 is more than
Diary January 31, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, January 31, 1917: Sea War Germany: Government informs US Government it will not ‘leave any means whatever unturned [ie U-boat terror] to hasten the
