Diary for Friday, October 25, 1940: Air War Formations of high-flying Me 109Es make several attempts to reach London, but few penetrate RAF fighter screen: heavy casualties when loaded tram-cars […]
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Diary for Monday, October 25, 1915: Western Front King George writes to Lord Stamfordham, his private secretary and confidante: ‘The troops here are all right but … several of the
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Diary for Thursday, October 24, 1940: Politics Hitler meets Petain and discusses Franco-German collaboration. Air War RAF night raids on Berlin and Hamburg: first raids to inflict significant civilian casualties.
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Diary for Sunday, October 24, 1915: Middle East German general Goltz relinquished First Army (Thrace) for Sixth (Mesopotamia and Persia). Mesopotamia: London allows Nixon to continue advance, partly to influence
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Diary for Wednesday, October 23, 1940: Politics Hitler and General Franco meet at Hendaye on French-Spanish border to discuss an alliance against Britain. Sea War Atlantic: Pocket-battleship Admiral Scheer sails
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Diary for Saturday, October 23, 1915: Southern Fronts Serbia: Serbs retake Veles (until October 29), forcing Bulgars back on Stip and fight north of Pirot. Troops of German general Gallwitz
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Diary for Tuesday, October 22, 1940: Air War South African Air Force planes attack Birikau, Italian East Africa, for the fifth time. Shortest night raid on London since onset of
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Diary for Friday, October 22, 1915: Southern Fronts Serbia: Austrian 62nd Division cross river Drina from Bosnia, causing mass civilian exodus towards Novipazar. Salonika: British troops authorized to leave and
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Diary for Monday, October 21, 1940: Home Front Britain: Churchill broadcasts to France, in French; he pours scorn on the threatened invasion of Britain: ‘We are waiting …. So are
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Diary for Thursday, October 21, 1915: Western Front King George V visit to BEF, stays at Chateau de la Jumelle at Aire near St Omer. Eastern Front Western Russia: Fighting
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Diary for Sunday, October 20, 1940: Air War RAF night raids on Berlin, Milan and Turin. Italian aircraft drop bombs near Cairo. Italian bomber formation flies 4,506 km from Dodecanese
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Diary for Wednesday, October 20, 1915: Southern Fronts Dolomites: Italian 17th Division captures Cima Layazuoi and secures Cima Falzarego. Western Front Champagne: German gas attack east of Reims. Eastern Front
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Diary for Saturday, October 19, 1940: Sea War Destroyer Venetia mined and sunk in Thames Estuary.
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Diary for Tuesday, October 19, 1915: Western Front Champagne: German 10-mile wide gas cloud attack (500t chlorine/phosgene mix) on Fort Pompelle near Reims. Total French gassed: 5,096 (815 dead). Loos:
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Diary for Friday, October 18, 1940: Air War RAF and South African Air Force raid targets in Italian East Africa. Indo-China Japanese bomb Bunna Road.
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Diary for Monday, October 18, 1915: Southern Fronts Italian Front – Third Battle of the Isonzo (until November 4): Cadorna deploys 19 divisions (5 in reserve) and 1,250 guns (1
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Diary for Thursday, October 17, 1940: Air War Messerschmitt Me 109E fighter-bombers raid London: bomb destroys all signalling equipment at Waterloo Station. Sea War German destroyers and torpedo boats carry
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Diary for Sunday, October 17, 1915: Eastern Front Baltic Provinces: German Eighth Army active about Jacobstadt and Mitau (October 19); captures Dvina bank east of Riga (October 20). Western Russia:
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Diary for Wednesday, October 16, 1940: Sea War Atlantic: Four U-boats operating off Northern Channel (October 5-16) sink 4 merchant ships and damage 3 other vessels, inc. armed merchant cruiser
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Diary for Saturday, October 16, 1915: Home Fronts France: Food Supply Ministry organized. Southern Fronts Serbia: Bulgars storm frontier forts east of Zajecar. Gallwitz has advanced only 8 miles on
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