Diary December 1, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Monday, December 1, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German 4th Army with Guderian‘s and Hoepner‘s Panzer Armies make final attempt to envelop and capture Moscow. Sea […]
Diary December 1, 1916
World War One Diary for Friday, December 1, 1916: Sea War Atlantic, North Sea, Mediterranean: During December U-boats sink 167 ships (39 British worth 109,936t; 58 Allied; 70 neutral) worth
Diary November 30, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 30, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Hitler vetoes withdrawal from Rostov. Rundstedt resigns; replaced as commander of Army Group South by Reichenau. Occupied Territories
Diary November 30, 1916
World War One Diary for Thursday, November 30, 1916: Eastern Front Dobruja: Russian and RNAS armoured cars (left Odessa November 13, arriving Hirsova on Danube November 27), lead attack (until
Diary November 29, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, November 29, 1941: North Africa Operation Crusader: Rommel counter-attacks; heavy fighting develops between Tobruk and Sidi Rezegh.
Diary November 29, 1916
World War One Diary for Wednesday, November 29, 1916: Eastern Front Rumania: BATTLE OF BUCHAREST (until December 3). Falkenhayn captures Ploesti. Rumanian First and Second Armies retreat behind river Arges
Diary November 28, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 28, 1941: North Africa Operation Crusader: General von Ravenstein, Commander of 21st Panzer division, captured when Bren gunner shoots up his staff car.
Diary November 28, 1916
World War One Diary for Tuesday, November 28, 1916: Air War Britain – First daylight aircraft raid on London: at 1150 hours LVG CIV (llges and Brandt) drops 6 x
Diary November 27, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, November 27, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German offensive stalls only 30 km from Moscow. East Africa Ethiopia: 20,000 Italian troops surrender at Gondar. Liberation
Diary November 27, 1916
World War One Diary for Monday, November 27, 1916: Air War Britain: 7 of 10 Zeppelins raid Northern England, drop 206 bombs (41 civilian casualties), but 2 Zeppelins lost to
Diary November 26, 1941
World War One Diary for Wednesday, November 26, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops capture Klin 85 km northwest of Moscow. Sea War Pacific: Japanese ‘Carrier Striking Force’ leaves
Diary November 26, 1916
World War One Diary for Sunday, November 26, 1916: Western Front Germany: OHL issues equivocal instruction on role of forthcoming Siegfried Stellung (Hindenburg Line): ‘Just as in times of peace,
Diary November 25, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 25, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: Battleship Barham sunk by U-boat U-331 off Bardia (862 killed in magazine explosion). Sea War Pacific: US Navy orders
Diary November 25, 1916
World War One Diary for Saturday, November 25, 1916: Sea War Eastern Atlantic:Unescorted French old battleship Suffren (making only 9 kts) sunk with all hands by U-52 off Lisbon. Eastern
Diary November 24, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 24, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops capture Solnechaya Gora, 48 km northwest of Moscow. Sea War Atlantic: Cruiser HMS Dunedin sunk by
Diary November 24, 1916
World War One Diary for Friday, November 24, 1916: Home Fronts Britain: Death of Sir Hiram Maxim, 1889 inventor of modern machine gun, aged 76, London. Air War Germany: 9
Diary November 23, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 23, 1941: Home Fronts Britain: Death of P.C. Wren, author of ‘Beau Geste’, aged 56.
Diary November 23, 1916
World War One Diary for Thursdday, November 23, 1916: Air War Western Front: Richthofen kills Major Lanoe Hawker (Victoria Cross, 9 victories), RFC after epic 35-minutes duel near Bapaume; the
Diary November 22, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, November 22, 1941: Home Fronts Germany: General Moelders, fighter ace (115 victories), killed in air accident near Breslau (Silesia); aged 30. Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa:
Diary November 22, 1916
World War One Diary for Wednesday, November 22, 1916: Sea War North Sea: The only sailing raider of the World Wars; German square-rigged Seeadler leaves Germany for South Seas disguised
