Diary January 20, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, January 20, 1942: Southeast Asia Burma: JAPANESE INVADE BURMA. Sea War Pacific: 2 Japanese submarines shell Midway Island. Japanese carrier planes bomb Rabaul (New Britain). […]
Diary January 20, 1917
World War One Diary for (day), (Datum): African Fronts East Africa: Hoskins succeeds Smuts as British C-in-C. Main and Kilwa Forces only 40 miles apart, Hoskins flies from Kilwa to
Diary January 19, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 19, 1942: Eastern Front Fall of Mozhaisk (night 19-20): Russian Guards and tank units capture town after house-to-house fighting. Germans retreating west towards Vyazma,
Diary January 19, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, January 19, 1917: Home Fronts Britain: Silvertown (East London) munitions factory explosion (69 killed, 400 injured), heard in Salisbury, Wilts. Middle East Mesopotamia: 3rd
Diary January 18, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 18, 1942: Air War Eastern Front: Russian parachute brigade and airborne regiment land behind German lines south of Vyazma (January 18-24). Eastern Front On
Diary January 18, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, January 18, 1917: Sea War Channel: UC-18 torpedoes Royal Navy destroyer Ferret, but latter survives to be converted to a minelayer. South Atlantic: Raider
Diary January 17, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 17, 1942: Air War China: American Volunteer Group led by General Chennault claims to have destroyed 90 Japanese planes over southwest China and Burma
Diary January 17, 1917
World War One Diary for Wednesday, January 17, 1917: Western Front Somme: British troops capture German posts on 600-yard front north of Beaucourt-sur-Ancre and repulse four counter-attacks until February 4.
Diary January 16, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Friday, January 16, 1942: Home Fronts Russia: Russian High Command publishes contents of document found at Klin, northwest of Moscow and signed by F.M. von Reichenau,
Diary January 16, 1917
World War One Diary for Tuesday, January 16, 1917: Air War Western Front: Richthofen awarded Pour le Merite. African Fronts East Africa: NRFF takes Malawis bridge over river Ruhudje. Kilwa
Diary January 15, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, January 15, 1942: Eastern Front Central sector: Russians troops recapture Selijarovo, northwest of Rzhev. Politics Pan-American Conference (January 15-23): Argentina objects to American proposal that
Diary January 15, 1917
World War One Diary for Monday, January 15, 1917: Western Front Britain: New French Western Front commander Nivelle in London until January 16 expands his plan and wins British cabinet
Diary January 14, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, January 14, 1942: Eastern Front Southern sector: Russian armoured spearheads only 13 km from Kharkov. Central sector: Russian troops recapture Medya, west of Maloyaroslavets. Sea
Diary January 14, 1917
World War One Diary for Sunday, January 14, 1917: Sea War Channel: Q-ship Penshurst makes her second kill, coastal submarine UB-37. North Sea: Beatty concentrates Grand Fleet for wide sweep
Diary January 13, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, January 13, 1942: Eastern Front Russians now in complete control of railway from Maloyaroslavets south to Kaluga. Russians recapture Kirov, southeast of Smolensk, and Dorokhovo,
Diary January 13, 1917
World War One Diary for Saturday, January 13, 1917: Eastern Front Rumania – Battle of Pralea (until January 18): Rumanians hold Susitza valley. Middle East Arabia: Abdulla’s 5,000 Arabs capture
Diary January 12, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 12, 1942: Sea War Mediterranean: U-boat U-374 sunk by British submarine Unbeaten off Catania (Sicily). Politics Japan: Government declares war on Netherlands East Indies.
Diary January 12, 1917
World War One Diary for Friday, January 12, 1917: Eastern Front Rumania: Mackensen‘s Turkish troops take Mihalea on river Sereth northwest of Braila, he takes Vadeni 10 miles northwest on
Diary January 11, 1942
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 11, 1942: Southeast Asia Malaya: Japanese take Kuala Lumpur. Eastern Front Russians recapture Liudinovo, southwest of Kaluga, Tikhonovo Pustyn railway junction, northwest of Kaluga
Diary January 11, 1917
World War One Diary for Thursday, January 11, 1917: Middle East Mesopotamia: Turk 45th Division breaks through British line (over 650 casualties) but gradually forced back to Tigris south bank
