Diary October 17, 1940
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 […]
Diary October 17, 1915
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:
Military production of Japan
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Diary October 16, 1940
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
Diary October 16, 1915
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
Losses in World War II
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Diary October 15, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, October 15, 1940: Air War THE BLITZ: 400 German bombers raid London by moonlight, dropping 530 t of high-explosives bombs, starting 900 major fires in the City
Diary October 15, 1915
Diary for Friday, October 15, 1915: Southern Fronts Serbia: Bulgar regiment seizes Vranje in Morava valley after daring mountain march, cutting Nis-Salonika railway. Others bombard Valandova. Trentino: Italians occupy Pregasina
P-47 Razorback Thunderbolt
Early ‘Razorback’ versions of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt escort fighter. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Type: US escort fighter and fighter-bomber.
Diary October 14, 1940
Diary for Monday, October 14, 1940: Air War RAF raid Berlin. Night raids on London by 240 aircraft.
Diary October 14, 1915
Diary for Thursday, October 14, 1915: Southern Fronts Serbia: MAIN BULGAR INVASION BEGINS with First Army (Boyadiev) attack along river Nisava. Germans storm Pozarevac east of Morava valley. Salonika: French
Spitfire Mk XIV
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Diary October 13, 1940
Diary for Sunday, October 13, 1940: China Nationalist Chinese artillery, secretly transported deep behind Japanese lines, shells Ichang Airfield – key base for enemy raids on Chungking Sea War Engagement
Diary October 13, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, October 13, 1915: Western Front Loos: British fresh 46th (N Midland) Division captures main trench of Hohenzollern Redoubt, but 2 other divisions fail against the Quarries and
Sturmgeschütz 40
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Diary October 12, 1940
Diary for Saturday, October 12, 1940: Sea War Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion until Spring 1941. Neutrals Argentina – J M Fangio (World Motor Racing Champion, 1951-57) wins the longest
Diary October 12, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, October 12, 1915: Occupied countries Belgium – NURSE CAVELL EXECUTED BY GERMAN COURT MARTIAL (began October 7) at Brussels: ‘Patriotism is not enough. I must have no
11th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division ‘Nordland’
Formation, commanders, and operations of the 11th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division “Nordland.” The 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland stands out as one of the most documented foreign volunteer
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Diary October 11, 1915
Diary for Monday, October 11, 1915: Western Front British Machine Gun Corps formed: MGs taken from battalions from overseas and formed into company’s with each brigade during November. Training Centre
Diary October 11, 1940
Diary for Friday, October 11, 1940: Sea War Mediterranean: Cruiser HMS Ajax routs force of 7 Italian torpedo boats and destroyers south of Sicily – sinking two and damaging a
