Diary August 15, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, August 15, 1916: Eastern Front Brusilov offensive: Brusilov has received 26 extra divisions since June 12 (but Austro-Germans 33 1/2, including 23 German). Galicia: Lechitski reaches Solotwina […]
Diary August 15, 1941
Diary for Friday, August 15, 1941: Politics POLISH-RUSSIAN MILITARY AGREEMENT signed in Moscow.
Diary August 14, 1916
Diary for Monday, August 14, 1916: Southern Fronts Isonzo: General Italian attack all along line (until August 17) without appreciable gains but heavy losses. Eastern Front Germany; Hoffmann diary: ‘Continual
Diary August 14, 1941
Diary for Thursday, August 14, 1941: Sea War Baltic: Russian transport Sibir, carrying 2,500 wounded from Tallinn (Estonia) to Kronstadt (Leningrad), sunk by German bombers. Russians evacuate Nikolayev dockyard and
Diary August 13, 1916
Diary for Sunday, August 13, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British 15th Division captures Munster Alley. Artillery duels north and south of the river on August 14. Eastern
Diary August 13, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, August 13, 1941: Occupied territories Poland: Russia releases ‘all’ Polish PoWs taken in September 1939 (of course, except the murdered Polish officers and PoWs).
Diary August 12, 1916
Diary for Saturday, August 12, 1916: Western Front France: Joffre (with Foch) and Haig confer at Beauquesne. Haig proposes prelim combined attack from the Somme to High Wood on August
Diary August 12, 1941
Diary for Tuesday, August 12, 1941: Politics ATLANTIC CHARTER SIGNED after series of meetings aboard HMS Prince of Wales and USS Augusta, in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. Churchill and Roosevelt issue
Diary August 11, 1941
Diary for Monday, August 11, 1941: Air War British torpedo-bombers sink Italian hospital ship California at Syracuse (Sicily).
Diary August 11, 1916
Diary for Friday, August 11, 1916: Southern Fronts Salonika: Italian 35th Division (11,000 men) and 32 guns lands (until August 25), relieves French 57th Division by August 27. General Cordonnier
Diary August 10, 1916
Diary for Thursday, August 10, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: King George visits the front (until August 15), tells Rawlinson of a ‘cabal’ (including Lord French, Churchill and
Diary August 10, 1941
Diary for Sunday, August 10, 1941: Politics Britain and Russia pledge themselves to assist Turkey if she is attacked.
Diary August 9, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, August 9, 1916: Southern Fronts Salonika – Local Allied offensive: Allies shell Bulgar line south of lake Doiran, French 17th Colonial Division (15,000) occupies abandoned station and
Diary August 9, 1941
Diary for Saturday, August 9, 1941: Sea War German destroyers make sortie to Kola Inlet (August 9-10), sinking Russian patrol ship, but withdraw under heavy air and artillery bombardment.
Diary August 8, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, August 8, 1916: Eastern Front Brusilov offensive, Pripet: Russian Guard and Third Armies attack towards Kovel, make no gains (until August 9). Guard losses 55,292 men; July
Diary August 8, 1941
Diary for Friday, August 8, 1941: Occupied Territories Russia: Marshal Timoshenko issues proclamation to all Russians in enemy-occupied areas, urging them to join partisans, carry out Stalin’s scorched-earth policy and
Diary August 7, 1916
Diary for Monday, August 7, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: German attacks north and northeast of Pozieres. British attack outskirts of Guillemont. Eastern Front Galicia: Lechitski resumes offensive
Diary August 7, 1941
Diary for Thursday, August 7, 1941: Air War France: RAF carries out repeated sweeps over north France: 10 fighters lost, 7 Me 109Fs shot down. Douglas Bader‘s aircraft collides with
Diary August 6, 1916
Diary for Sunday, August 6, 1916: Southern Fronts Isonzo: Main Italian assault at 1600 hours after 9 hours intensest artillery barrage yet against Austrian 58th Division (General Zeidler on leave),
Diary August 6, 1941
Diary for Wednesday, August 6, 1941: Russian Front Operation Barbarossa: Special communique issued by German High Command claims that Wehrmacht has inflicted ‘annihilating blows unique in history’; 895,000 prisoners taken;
