Diary WW2

Diary for Thursday, March 8, 1945: Burma Indian tanks enter Mandalay. Western Front British 2nd Army captures Xanten: Allied armies now stand along the Rhine from Nijmegen to Koblenz. Air […]

Diary for Thursday, March 7, 1940: Finland Winter War: Fierce fighting continues in Viipuri Bay sector. Air War RAF aircraft, flying from bases in France, drop Polish language leaflets over

Diary for Wednesday, March 7, 1945: Western Front LUDENDORFF BRIDGE CAPTURED INTACT. Bridge at Remagen over the Rhine near Bonn captured intact by US 1st Army, which immediately pours across.

Diary for Wednesday, March 6, 1940: Politics Finnish government, faced with desperate military situation, sends peace delegation to Moscow.

Diary for Tuesday, March 6, 1945: Russian Front Poland: Rokossovsky captures encircled fortress of Grudziadz. Operation Früh­lingserwachen (‘Spring Awakening’): 6th SS Panzer Army attacks north of lake Balaton in attempt

Diary for Tuesday, March 5, 1940: Western Front Germans capture British outpost in Maginot Line (2 killed, 16 taken prisoner); outpost later recaptured. Finland Winter War: Russians cross ice-bound Viipuri

Diary for Monday, March 5, 1945: Western Front Americans enter Cologne. Air War Germany: RAF daylight raid on Gelsenkirchen oil plant.

Diary for Monday, March 4, 1940: Finland Winter War: Finns repulse attacks east and west of Viipuri (in the West Russians attack across ice of Viipuri Bay).

Diary for Sunday, March 4, 1945: Burma British 14th Army captures Meiktila, south of Mandalay. Western Front US tanks (1st US Army) reach the Rhine north of Cologne. Air War

Diary for Sunday, March 3, 1940: Finland Winter War: Hand-to-hand fighting in suburbs of Viipuri. Russians capture railway station.

Diary for Saturday, March 3, 1945: Western Front Canadians and Ameri­cans link up between Maas and Rhine. Philippines Japanese resistance in Manila ends. Air War Britain: 100 German night intruders

Diary for Friday, March 2, 1945: Air War Germany: 2 RAF daylight raids on Cologne. 406 USAAF bombers attacking again Dresden. Western Front 9th US Army takes Krefeld, Venlo and

Diary for Friday, March 2, 1940: Finland Winter War: Russians reach southern suburbs of Viipuri. Finnish fighters foil attempted raid on Helsinki. Air War Germany: High-flying RAF Supermarine Spitfire photographs

Diary for Thursday, March 1, 1945: Western Front München-Gladbach captured by US 9th Army.

Diary for Friday, March 1, 1940: Finland Winter War: Russians within 6 km of center of Viipuri. Fierce aerial dog fights over city.