WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, April 12, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: 3rd Ukrainian Front captures Tirasapol, 97 km northwest of Odessa. Occupied Territories Italy: King Victor Emmanuel announces his […]
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WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, April 11, 1944: Home Fronts Southern Sector: Russians advance on Simferopol (Crimea). Air War Western Europe: 6 RAF de Havilland Mosquito bombers destroy Central Population
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WW2 War Diary for Monday, April 10, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: ODESSA CAPTURED by Russian 3rd Ukrainian Front and Partisans. Sea War Atlantic: U-boats U-515 and U-68 sunk by
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, April 9, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Bukovina region completely occupied by Russians. Occupied Territories France: Giraud appointed Inspector-General of Free French Army.
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, April 8, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russian 4th Ukrainian Front launches Crimean offensive. 1st Ukrainian Front reaches Czech border.
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, April 7, 1944: Home Fronts Germany: Goebbels appointed ‘City President of Berlin’, superseding Oberbuergermeister (Lord Mayor). Eastern Front Southern Sector: German forces encircled near Tarnopol
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, April 6, 1944: Southeast Asia Burma – SIEGE OF KOHIMA: Japanese besiege 3,500 British-Indian troops for 13 days; savage hand-to-hand fighting. Eastern Front Southern Sector:
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WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, April 5, 1944: Air War Eastern Europe: Ploesti oil installations and rail sidings fired by 15th AF B-17 Fortress and B-24 Liberator bombers, with strong
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WW2 War Diary for April 4, 1944: Air War Eastern Europe: Bucharest marshalling yards ‘blitzed’ by heavily escorted 15th AF B-17 Fortress and B-24 Liberator bombers (20 lost); fighters attack
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WW2 War Diary for Monday, April 3, 1944: Sea War Arctic – Operation Tungsten: 41 FAA Fairey Barracudas (4 lost), escorted by 41 fighters, score 14 hits on Battleship Tirpitz
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, April 2, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russians enter East Rumania. Occupied Territories Italy: Communist Party supports Badoglio Government in the south. Neutrals El Salvador:
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, April 1, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: 1st Ukrainian Front reaches Jablonica (Tartar) Pass.
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, March 31, 1944: Sea War Merchant shipping losses in March 1944: 8 Allied ships with 41,562 tons in Atlantic, 17 Allied ships with 116,398 tons
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, March 30, 1944: Air War Germany – NUREMBURG RAID: German night fighters score their greatest victory, destroying 94 (total of 108 including write-offs and crash
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WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, March 29, 1944: Southeast Asia Burma – SIEGE OF IMPHAL: Having crossed Burma-India border, Japanese 15th Army encircles 155,000 British-Indian troops on Imphal Plain and
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