Diary November 21, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 21, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean – 2 Italian cruisers torpedoed and damaged: Trieste by British submarine Utmost and Luigi di Savoia Duca Degli Abruzzi […]
Diary November 21, 1916
World War One Diary for Tuesday, November 21, 1916: Politics Austria-Hungary: JOSEPH OF AUSTRIA peacefully died, aged 86, having told Prime Minister ‘if that is the case [domestic discontent] we
Diary November 20, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 20, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa – Siege of Leningrad (Day 74): personal food ration cut for fifth time since early September. Politics USA:
Diary November 20, 1916
World War One Diary for Monday, November 20, 1916: Eastern Front Russia: Tsar summons Gourko from Special Army to act as Chief of Staff (Alexeiev ill until March 1917), he
Diary November 19, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 19, 1941: Sea War Indian Ocean: Battle off Shark Bay (West Australia) between disguised raider Kormoran and cruiser Sydney, both ships crippled – Sydney
Diary November 19, 1916
World War One Diary for Sunday, November 19, 1916: Southern Fronts Serbia – Fall of Monastir to Allies: Serb and French cavalry ride in 4 years to the day since
Diary November 18, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, November 18, 1941: North Africa OPERATION CRUSADER: British 8th Army launch successful counter-offensive in Western Desert. Rommel smashes South African 5th Brigade, then retreats (November
Diary November 18, 1916
World War One Diary for Saturday, November 18, 1916: Southern Fronts Serbia: Despite deep snow Serb Danube Division captures Hill 1378, Italians storm Ostretz Hill and two other features (until
Diary November 17, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Monday, November 17, 1941: Occupied Territories Russia: Alfred Rosenberg, author of the Nazi ‘bible’, ‘The Myth of the Twentieth Century‘, appointed Minister for Occupied Eastern Territories.
Diary November 17, 1916
World War One Diary for Friday, November 17, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: First snow falls, night November 17-18. Air War Germany: French bomber pilot Captain Beauchamp in
Diary November 16, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 16, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops take Kerch (Crimea).
Diary November 16, 1916
World War One Diary for Thursday, November 16, 1916: Air War Britain: Haig asks for an extra 20 fighter squadrons for 1917. RFC capture first Albatros D1 fighter, forced down
Diary November 15, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, November 15, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: After the mud is frozen the German units, under von Bock, resume direct advance on Moscow. Sea War
Diary November 15, 1916
World War One Diary for Wednesday, November 15, 1916: Home Fronts Russia: Grand Duke Nicholas warns Tsar and Tsarina of Rasputin’s harmful influence. Germany: 1918 conscript class, all under 19
Diary November 14, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 14, 1941: Air War Mediterranean: Italian torpedo planes sink two British transports off Tunisia. Neutrals USA: Token contingents of US Marines to be withdrawn
Diary November 14, 1916
World War One Diary for Tuesday, November 14, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British 190th Brigade (63rd Royal Navy Division) with 2 Tank Mk I capture Beaucourt (Ancre)
Diary November 13, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, November 13, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: HMS ARK ROYAL TORPEDOED by U-boat U-81; despite all efforts to save her she sinks, November 14, only 40
Diary November 13, 1916
World War One Diary for Monday, November 13, 1941: Western Front Battle of the Somme – Battle of the Ancre begins (until November 18): with 10 divisions, 5 tanks and
Diary November 12, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 12, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: 34 of 37 Hawker Hurricane fighters flown off Ark Royal and Argus land in Malta (Operation Perpetual). Neutrals Vichy
Diary November 12, 1916
World War One Diary for Sunday, November 12, 1916: Eastern Front Transylvania: Rumanian First Army retreats in Jiu and Aluta Valleys. Middle East South Persia: Sykes occupies Shiraz, organises 3,700
