Diary October 8, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 8, 1944: Western Front US 1st Army attacks east of Aachen; US 3rd Army strikes between Metz and Nancy. Sea War British-Canadian troops of […]
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Diary October 8, 1939
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 8, 1939: Politics Evacuation of the Baltic Germans. 50,000 German-speaking citizens of Latvia are to be ‘repatriated’ to the Reich (first group leaves by
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Diary October 8, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Thursday, October 8, 1914: Western Front Flanders: Foch takes supreme command as Joffre’s assistant of Allied armies between Lille and the coast. Sir
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Diary October 7, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 7, 1944: Russian Front Russian 14th Army attacks in North Finland. Western Front US 1st Army penetrates Siegfried Line north of Aachen. Germans counter-attack
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Diary October 7, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Wednesday, October 7, 1914: Western Front Belgium: Evacuation of Allied forces begins. 4 German brigades cross river Scheldt and threaten their line of
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Diary October 7, 1939
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 7, 1939: Sea War Transport of BEF to France completed – entirely without loss – under protection of British and French naval forces (161,000
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Why Hitler attacked Russia ?
How did Hitler’s attack on Soviet Russia, now considered insane, come about? (Part I) Looking on the subsequent events appearing after Hitler’s decision to attack Russia, it looks like sheer
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Type XXIII coastal submarine
Type XXIII electric coastal submarine, the little brother of the Type XXI. History, development, deployment, specifications and pictures. Type XXIII electric coastal submarine The German U-Boat Type XXIII represents a
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Diary October 6, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 6, 1944: Western Front Canadians cross Leopold Canal (Belgium). Air War Germany: Heavy day (810 t of bombs by USAAF) and night raids on
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Diary October 6, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Tuesday, October 6, 1914: Eastern Front Poland and Galicia: General Russian retreat, having lost 8,000 men and 9 guns to Germans since September
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Diary October 6, 1939
WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 6, 1939: Politics Hitler‘s ‘Peace Plan’ speech to the Reichstag. Hitler claims that the total collapse and partition of Poland has removed the necessity
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Diary October 5, 1939
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 5, 1939: Poland End of Polish campaign. Germans ‘mopping up’ Polish troops still at large between river Vistula and river Bug. Hitler flies to
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Diary October 5, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 5, 1944: Home Front Germany: 16-year-old youths to be conscripted for military service. All hospitals placed under military control. Nazi party and Hitler Youth
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Diary October 5, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Monday, October 5, 1914: Air War Western Front: First air combat victory by an machine-gun-armed Allied plane: Sergeant Frantz and Corporal Quenault (French)
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Fw 190 D
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 ‘Dora’ and Ta 152 interceptor aircraft of the Luftwaffe. History, development, service, specifications, pictures and 3D model. Focke-Wulf Fw 190 ‘Dora’ and Ta 152 Focke-Wulf Fw 190
Diary October 4, 1914
War Diary of World War One for Sunday, October 4, 1914: Eastern Front Tsar arrives at STAVKA, visits Osovyets on October 8. Poland: AUSTRO-GERMAN OFFENSIVE TOWARDS WARSAW BEGINS. Austrian First
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Diary October 4, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 4, 1944: Russian Front Russians reach Pancevo, 16 km from Belgrade. Air War Europe: Heavy daylight raid on Bergen U-boat base by fighter-escorted Lancaster
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Diary October 4, 1939
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 4, 1939: Sea War Atlantic: U-boat U-35 lands 28-man crew of torpedoed Greek SS Diamantis on Kerry coast, Southwest Ireland. Occupied countries Poland: Nikita
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American Civil War
History of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Causes and developments leading to the Civil War and events in the first year of the war, 1861. The American Civil War of
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Diary October 3, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 3, 1944: Western Front Truce at Dunkirk; civilians evacuated. Americans attack Fort Driant near Metz. Air War Europe: Me 262 jet fighter becomes operational.
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