Diary October 25, 1939
War Diary for Wednesday, October 25, 1939: Sea War Mediterranean: Three U-boats despatched to Mediterranean. Only U-26 arrives and has no success.
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Diary October 25, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Sunday, October 25, 1914: Western Front Flanders: At 1600 hours Belgians open Nieuport sluices to flood area east of Nieuport-Dixmude railway, but water
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Sub S class
British submarines of the S class of the Second World War. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures and 3D model. Royal Navy submarines of S class S class (63 boats)
Diary October 24, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Saturday, October 24, 1914: Western Front Flanders: British 7th Division expels Germans from Polygon Wood. French marines in Dixmude repel 15 attacks. Germans
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Diary October 24, 1944
War Diary for Tuesday, October 24, 1944: Sea War Pacific: BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF (October 24-26): 2 Japanese fleets converge on Leyte in desperate bid to destroy US invasion fleet
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Diary October 24, 1939
War Diary for Tuesday, October 24, 1939: Politics Russo-German trade agreement: USSR to supply 1 M. tonnes of grain and fodder. Occupied countries Poland: Arrival in Paris of large hoard
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Big Bertha
German super-heavy siege howitzer M-Gerät ‘Big Bertha’ from World War One. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and model. Super-heavy siege howitzer ‘Big Bertha’ Kurze Marinekanone 14 L/12 (M-Gerät) ‘Big Bertha’
Diary October 23, 1939
War Diary for Monday, October 23, 1939: Sea War Atlantic: British Home Fleet escorts iron ore convoy from Narvik, Norway (arrives back on October 31).
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Diary October 23, 1944
War Diary for Monday, October 23, 1944: Russian Front Russians now hold 137-km front in East Prussia. Italy 5th US Army troops capture Monte Salvaro. Air War Germany: 955 RAF
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Diary October 23, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Friday, October 23, 1914: Western Front Flanders: French 42nd Division of 7,000 Marne veterans enters line at Nieuport. British recapture Pilkem trenches. Heavy
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T-34 tank
T-34 Model 1941 and 1942 with 76.2-mm-gun F-34. History, development, service, specifications, statistics, pictures, video and 3D model of the Soviet medium battle tank of WW2. Soviet T-34 tank T-34
Diary October 22, 1939
War Diary for Sunday, October 22, 1939: Occupied Countries Poland: ‘Elections’ held in Russian-held West Ukraine and West White Russia (Russian-occupied Poland). Home Fronts India: Congress Party declines to support
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Diary October 22, 1944
War Diary for Sunday, October 22, 1944: Western Front 1st Canadian Army captures Breskens on Scheldt Estuary. Italy British 8th Army crosses river Savio, south of Ravenna. Air War Germany:
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Diary October 22, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Thursday, October 22, 1914: Western Front Flanders: Belgian 2nd Division re-enters Lombaertzyde but at night German III Reserve Corps bridges river Yser near
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Stuka
German diver-bomber Junkers Ju 87. History, development, service and dive-bombing tactics, specifications, pictures and 3D model of the Stuka (Part I). German dive-bomber Junkers Ju 87 Stuka Junkers Ju 87
Diary October 21, 1944
War Diary for Saturday, October 21, 1944: Western Front Americans secure Aachen. Sea War Pacific: Cruisers Honolulu and Australia (first Kamikaze attack) seriously damaged in Japanese air attack at Leyte.
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Diary October 21, 1939
War Diary for Saturday, October 21, 1939: Sea War Atlantic: French Force de raide (including world’s fastest destroyers) escorts large Atlantic convoy (until October 30) and intercepts German SS Sante
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Diary October 21, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Wednesday, October 21, 1914: Western Front Flanders: German attack on Dixmude fails (and on October 23); now 7 divisions attacking the Belgian sector.
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Axis Eastern Front allies
Axis Eastern Front allies: Spanish ‘Blue’ division and Volunteer Air Force, Croatian Army and Air Force, pro-Axis Serbian troops. Spain Spanish Volunteer Units In return for German help in the
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Diary October 20, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Tuesday, October 20, 1914: Eastern Front Poland: GERMANS BEGIN PLANNED RETREAT FROM BEFORE WARSAW and abandon siege of Ivangorod. Home Fronts Germany: There
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