Diary September 26, 1941
Second World War Diary for Friday, September 26, 1941: Home Fronts Britain – Wrekin (Shropshire) by-election: Colegate (Conservative) wins with 9,946 votes, but Pemberton-Billing (‘Bomb Berlin’ candidate) gets 7,121 votes.
Diary September 26, 1916
Great War Diary for Tuesday, September 26, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme – Battle of Thiepval Ridge (until September 28): British with 13 Tank Mk I capture Thiepval
Diary September 25, 1941
Second World War Diary for Thursday, September 25, 1941: Air War Operation Barbarossa: German parachute troops dropped over the Crimea.
Diary September 25, 1916
Great War Diary for Monday, September 25, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme – Battle of Morval (until September 28): Allied attack at 1235 hours. British with 2 tanks
Diary September 24, 1941
Second World War diary for Wednesday, September 24, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: Marshal Budenny re-groups Russian forces to defend city of Kharkov.
Diary September 24, 1916
Diary for Sunday, September 24, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British repulse counter-attack west of Lesboeufs. Air War Western Front: 60 RFC fighters (3 lost) destroy at least
Diary September 23, 1916
Diary for Saturday, September 23, 1916: Air War Britain: 9 of 12 Zeppelins reach East England (night September 23-24), drop 371 bombs causing 170 civilian casualties (151 in London) but
Diary September 23, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, September 23, 1941: Occupied Territories France: De Gaulle forms Free French National Committee. German authorities in Paris announce that any French male assisting or hiding a British
Diary September 22, 1941
Diary for Friday, September 22, 1941: Occupied Territories Greece: King George of Greece arrives in London.
Diary September 22, 1916
Diary for Friday, September 22, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: Battle of Flers-Courcelette ends. British advance east of Courcelette on fine sunny day. Robertson and Rawlinson take tea;
Diary September 21, 1941
Diary for Sunday, September 21, 1941: Air War Siege of Leningrad: 60 Ju 87 Stukas make repeated attacks on Russian Baltic Fleet in Kronstadt Harbour, near Leningrad (September 21-24): battleship
Diary September 21, 1916
Diary for Thursday, September 21, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: NZ troops take ‘Cough Drop Alley’ and a section of Flers line. British 1st Division captures ‘Starfish Trench’.
Diary September 20, 1941
Diary for Saturday, September 20, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: Italian ‘human torpedo’, launched from submarine Scire, sinks a naval tanker at Gibraltar.
Diary September 20, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, September 20, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: Rawlinson delays next Fourth Army attack to September 23, he and Haig agree that British cavalry should be
Diary September 19, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, September 19, 1916: African Fronts East Africa: Belgians occupy Tabora (largest inland town) after 400-mile march, take 2,000 captives and release c.195 interned civilians. 2,700 Portugese invade
Diary September 19, 1941
Diary for Friday, September 19, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops capture Kiev. Retreating Russians have carried out many demolitions and planted innumerable mines and time-bombs. Occupied Territories Yugoslavia:
Diary September 18, 1916
Diary for Monday, September 18, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British Guards Division captures the ‘Quadrilateral’ (to depth of 1,000 yds). French I Corps executes two successful local
Diary September 18, 1941
Diary for Thursday, September 18, 1941: Russian Front Operation Barbarossa, Siege of Leningrad: German artillery fire seriously damages Russian battleship Petropavlovsk in Kronstadt Harbour. Sea War Mediterranean: Italian troopships Neptunia
Diary September 17, 1916
Diary for Sunday, September 17, 1916: Air War Western Front: Captain O Boelcke leads first combat patrol of 6 Jasta 2 brand-new Albatros DII fighters to shoot down 5 No
Diary September 17, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, September 17, 1941: Air War Eastern Front: RAF Hawker Hurricane wing in action over near Murmansk in northern Russia. Middle East Iran: Russians troops enter Teheran. Sea
