12-1941

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 31, 1941: Pacific Philippines: US-Filipino forces form new defence line north of Bataan Peninsula. Eastern Front Siege of Leningrad (Day 115): 52,000 people die […]

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 30, 1941: Eastern Front Central Front: Russian troops recapture Kaluga, southwest of Moscow. Home Fronts India: Gandhi resigns leadership of Congress Party when it

WW2 War Diary for Monday, December 29, 1941: Southeast Asia: Malaya: Japanese troops capture Ipoh and advance towards Kuantan on east coast. Air War Germany: 60 RAF bombers attacking Huels

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, December 28, 1941: Air War Pacific: JAPANESE PLANES BOMB MANILA. They refute ‘arbitrary and unilateral’ US announcement declaring Philippine capital a ‘open city’. Germany: 132

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, December 27, 1941: Sea War Norwegian Sea – Operation Archery: British naval forces and commandos again attack Lofoten Islands, cruiser Kenya damaged by German shore

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, December 25, 1941: China FALL OF HONG KONG. North Africa BRITISH 8TH ARMY CAPTURES BENGHAZI. Eastern Front Guderian dismissed by Hitler for refusing to obey

World War One Diary for (day), (Datum): Air War Western Front: First RFC Sopwith Pup Squadron (No 54) arrives in France, now 38 active squadrons with 700 aircraft against 33

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 24, 1941: Pacific Philippines: Japanese land on Jolo Island (occupied December 25). Neutrals Vichy France: Free French Forces land on tiny island colonies of

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 23, 1941: Pacific Philippines: US-Filipino forces begin withdrawal into Bataan Peninsula. Manila declared a ‘open city’.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, December 22, 1941: Pacific Philippines: Japanese land in Lingayen Gulf and Lamon Bay and advance towards Manila from north and south. Politics FIRST WASHINGTON CONFERENCE:

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, December 21, 1941: Sea War Black Sea: Russian warships transport 10,000 reinforcements to Sebastopol and shell German positions (December 21-27). Atlantic: Escort carrier HMS Audacity

World War One Diary for Thursday, December 21, 1916: Eastern Front Western Russia: Fighting south of Dvinsk. Dobruja: Sakharov drives Bulgars into Lake Babadagh south of Tulcea. Middle East Sinai:

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, December 20, 1941: Home Fronts Germany: Goebbels appeals for donations of clothing for troops fighting in deep snow and sub-zero temperatures on Eastern Front. Eastern

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 19, 1941: Home Fronts Germany: Hitler dismisses Army C-in-C, von Brauchitsch, and takes personal command of military operations. Southeast Asia Malaya: British evacuate Penang

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 17, 1941: Eastern Front Siege of Sebastopol: second German-Rumanian attack (December 17-31) forces garrison back to final lines of defences 8 km north of

WW2 War Diary for Monday, December 15, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: Cruiser Galatea sunk by U-boat U-557 north of Alexandria.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, December 14, 1941: Sea War Mediterranean: Battleship Vittorio Veneto torpedoed by British submarine Urge off Straits of Messina.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, December 13, 1941: Eastern Front Russia: STALIN ORDERS GENERAL OFFENSIVE. Sea War Mediterranean: Italian fast cruisers Alberico da Barbiano and Alberto di Giussano, loaded with

WW2 War Diary for Friday, December 12, 1941: Politics Rumania: Government declares war on USA. Air War Germany: 43 RAF bombers attacking Cologne and dropping 58t of bombs.