Diary January 22, 1915
War Diary World War One for Friday, January 22, 1915: Air War Occupied Belgium: RNAS drops 27 bombs on Zeebrugge U-boat base. France: 12 German BAG aircraft bomb Dunkirk, but […]
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Diary January 22, 1945
Monday, January 22, 1945 Sea War North Sea: German E-boats attack convoy north of Dunkirk. German 8th S-boat Flotilla penetrates into Thames Estuary.
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Diary January 22, 1940
Monday, January 22, 1940 Finland Winter War: Finnish authorities announce the formation of a Foreign Legion, including British volunteers.
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Diary January 21, 1940
Sunday, January 21, 1904 Air War Finland: Finnish Blenheim bombers raid Kronstadt naval base, near Leningrad (today St Petersburg). Russians bomb Oulu, northwest Finland. Sea War North Sea: RN destroyer
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Diary January 21, 1915
War Diary World War One for Thursday, January 21, 1915: Home Fronts Germany: Lt-Gen HohenÂborn replaces Falkenhayn as War Minister. Admirals Müller’s diary: ‘Kaiser obviously terrified by the thought of
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Diary January 21, 1945
Sunday, January 21, 1945 Russian Front East Prussia: Rokossovsky captures Tannenberg.
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Diary January 20, 1915
War Diary World War One for Wednesday, January 20, 1915: Air War Western Front: Captain Happe and Sergeant Labouchere in Voisin plane destroy a German kite balloon at Neider Morschweiler
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Diary January 20, 1945
Saturday, January 20, 1945 Russian Front 3rd Belorussian Front (CherniaÂkhovsky) captures Tilsit, East Prussia. Politics Armistice between ProÂvisional National Government (Communists) of Hungary and the Allies: war declared on Germany
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Diary January 20, 1940
Saturday, January 20, 1940 Politics Britain: Churchill broadcasts appeal to neutral States to join Britain and France in resisting Nazi aggression. He compares their timid conduct with the crocodile’s victims
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Diary January 19, 1915
War Diary World War One for Tuesday, January 19, 1915: Sea War Germany: First UB-class coastal U-boat UB-1 launched at Kiel, completed in 75 days. Class of 17 U-boats launched
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Diary January 19, 1940
Friday, January 19, 1940 Finland Winter War: Heavy fighting continues on three fronts. 45 °C (81 °F) of frost recorded. Sea War Destroyer HMS Grenville mined and sunk off Thames Estuary. Neutrals
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Diary January 19, 1945
Friday, January 19, 1945 Russian Front Konev takes Cracow. Air War Europe: Red Air Force flies 30,000 sorties against communications and airÂfields. Pacific: B-29 Superfortress destroy Kawasaki aircraft factory near
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Diary January 18, 1940
Thursday, January 18, 1940 Home Fronts Britain: Five workmen killed in series of explosions at Waltham Abbey explosives factory.
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Diary January 18, 1915
War Diary World War One for Monday, January 18, 1915: Eastern Front Poland: German plane bombs Russian Fifth Army Headquarter at Mogilnitsa (casualties: 4 men, 2 horses). Russians take Skempe.
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Diary January 18, 1945
War Diary World War One for Thursday, January 18, 1945: Russian Front 2nd Belorussian Front (Rokossovsky) captures Modlin.
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