Diary WW2

War Diary for Saturday, November 11, 1939: Western Front Slight activity by German patrols and artillery. BEF hold Armistice Day services amid the great battlefields of World War One.

War Diary for Saturday, November 11, 1944: China Japanese capture Kweilin and Liuchow air bases; Americans have previously rendered Liuchow unusable. Home Fronts France: Churchill and Eden attend Armistice Day

War Diary for Friday, November 10, 1944: Western Front 3rd US Army captures Chateau-Salins, northeast of Nancy. Home Fronts Japan: Death of Wang Ching-wei, President of ‘Central Government of China’;

War Diary for Friday, November 10, 1939: Neutrals Holland: Dutch reinforce border troops, cancel all Army leave and prepare to flood ‘inundation area’ by opening sluice gates.

War Diary for Thursday, November 9, 1944: Western Front Polish Division defeats German rearguard at Moerdijk (Holland); booty including ex-BEF Bofors anti-aircraft guns, vintage 1940. US 3rd Army tanks plow

War Diary for Thursday, November 9, 1939: Secret War Venlo Incident: two British Intelligence officers, Major Stevens and Captain Best, kidnapped by the Gestapo on Dutch-German border, while attempting to

War Diary for Wednesday, November 8, 1944: Western Front US 3rd Army drives east in Metz-Nancy sector. Air War Germany: Major Walter Nowotny, Austrian fighter ace (258 victories), dies in

War Diary for Wednesday, November 8, 1939: Home Fronts Germany: BUERGER-BRAEUKELLER BOMB INCIDENT. Powerful bomb wrecks Munich beer hall (killing 8) minutes after vehement anti-British speech by Hitler, who predicts

War Diary for Tuesday, November 7, 1944: Home Fronts USA: ROOSEVELT RE-ELECTED. Presidential Elections: Roosevelt (Democratic), 25,610,946; Dewey (Republican), 22,018,177; Roosevelt wins in 36 States and is re-elected for unprece­dented

War Diary for Tuesday, November 7, 1939: Western Front Hitler postpones offensive planned for November 12 – and 13 further postponements follow at intervals until May 9, 1940. Politics Queen

War Diary for Monday, November 6, 1939: Western Front The Biggest dogfight to date. Nine French Curtiss Hawk fighters shoot down 4 out of 27 Me 109Ds over the Saar.

War Diary for Monday, November 6, 1944: Neutrals Egypt: Lord Moyne, British Resident Minister in the Middle East, dies – shot by ‘Stern Gang‘ (Zionist) terrorists, in Cairo.

War Diary for Sunday, November 5, 1939: Home Fronts Germany: THE ZOSSEN CONSPIRACY. Generals von Brauchitsch (Army C in C), Halder and Beck plot to stop Hitler’s planned Western Front

War Diary for Sunday, November 5, 1944: Air War Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers attack Singapore.

War Diary for Saturday, November 4, 1944: Russian Front Russian long-range guns bombard Budapest. Western Front Allies capture Flushing. Balkans LIBERATION OF GREECE completed. Air War Germany: 8th USAAF raids