Diary WW2

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 […]

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

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

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

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

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.

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 3, 1939: Western Front French withdrawal from advanced positions in German territory (Warndt Forest and Saarbrücken Salient) completed.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 2, 1939: Politics Pan-American Security Zone established. USA and Latin American States forbid naval and air operations in sea areas up to 600 miles

WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 2, 1944: Occupied countries Poland: END OF WARSAW RISING. Decimated Polish Home Army of General Bor forced to surrender to Germans. 200,000 Poles killed.

WW2 War Diary for October 1, 1939: Poland German troops enter Warsaw and begin disarming the Garrison (120,000 officers and men). Surrender of Hela, last Polish stronghold.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 1, 1944: Western Front Unsuccessful German counter-attack south of Arnhem. Canadians secure Calais. Russian Front Finns begin operations against German forces in North Finland.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 30, 1939: Politics Polish Government-in-Exile and ‘Cabinet of National Unity’ formed in Paris under Raczkiewicz (President) and General Sikorski (Prime Minister and Minister of

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 30, 1944: Air War Europe: Renewed RAF onslaught on Rhineland marshaling yards. Home Fronts Britain: Great celebra­tions in Dover, following news that all German

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 29, 1939: Politics Russo-German ‘Treaty of Frontier Regulation and Friendship’ signed, partitioning Poland and defining spheres of influence. Joint Declaration issued calling for a

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 29, 1944: Russian Front Russian campaign by Leningrad Front and Baltic Fleet to recapture Moonsund Archipelago off Estonia (September 29-November 24): Russians land on