WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 12, 1939: Poland Germans rush reinforcements (including tank units) from Warsaw front to Bzura battle area (night 12-13). Poles begin fighting withdrawal from Bzura. […]
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WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 12, 1944: Western Front US 1st Army crosses Belgian-German border, near Eupen. Surrender of Le Havre. Politics ALLIED-ROMANIAN ARMISTICE signed in Moscow: Romania to
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WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 11, 1939: Poland Germans cross river San, southeast Poland. Politics Churchill (as ‘A Naval Person’) begins correspondence with Roosevelt. Home Fronts Britain: 1,330,928 people
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WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 11, 1944: Western Front US 1st ARMY CROSSES GERMAN BORDER north of Trier. French capture Dijon. Politics SECOND QUEBEC CONFERENCE (‘Octagon’): CCS agree that
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 10, 1939: Poland Polish general retreat to ‘strong defensive positions’ in south-east Poland ordered. 15 air raids on Warsaw. Germans broadcast false news bulletin,
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 10, 1944: Russian Front 1st Belorussian Front attacks German forces in Praga, outside Warsaw (operations completed on September 14). Politics RUSSO-FINNISH ARMISTICE signed in
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 9, 1939: Poland BATTLE OF THE BZURA: major Polish counter-attack across river Bzura, West of Warsaw, develops into the largest battle in the campaign
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 9, 1944: Air War Europe: US and British bombers batter cities along the Rhine Âfrom Düsseldorf and Mönchen-Gladbach to Mannheim–Ludwigshafen.
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 8, 1944: Air War Britain: Explosion in Chiswick (3 killed) and supersonic boom heard all over London, announces FIRST V-2 ROCKET ATTACK ON LONDON.
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 8, 1939: Poland Battle of Warsaw begins: 4th Panzer division reaches outskirts of city, having advanced 225 km in 7 days. Garrison commander, General
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 7, 1944: Western Front British cross Albert Canal (Belgium) and take Ypres. US 3rd Army secures two bridgeheads over river Moselle.
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 7, 1939: Poland Surrender of Westerplatte, besieged since September 1. Old battleship Schleswig-Holstein begins daily bombardment of Hela, Polish naval base. Western Front French
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WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 6, 1944: Western Front Canadians besiege Calais.
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WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 6, 1939: Poland: Panzers take Tomaszow and Kielce, south-west of Warsaw and outflanking two Polish armies. Germans announce capture of Cracow. Hitler visits General
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WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 5, 1939: Poland Germans break through western frontier cordon of Polish armies and cross river Vistula. Polish High Command orders general retreat behind the
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