War Diary for Thursday, December 3, 1914: Southern Fronts Serbia: General Serb counteroffensive (Battle of the Ridges) catches Austrian Sixth Army off guard (heavy artillery is in rear), Misic’s First Army advances several miles taking 1,512 PoWs, 5 guns and… learn more
War Diary for Saturday, December 2, 1944: Western Front Americans enter Saarlautern. Occupied countries Italy: Death of Filippo Marinetti, founder of ‘Futurist‘ art movement (1909) and leading Fascist author; aged 67. learn more
War Diary for Saturday, December 2, 1939: Finland Winter War: Finnish covering forces (13,000 men) on Karelian Isthmus slowly withdrawing to the Mannerheim Line. Mines and traps destroy numbers of Russian tanks. Helsinki Olympic Games (planned for 1940) abandoned. Sea… learn more
War Diary for Wednesday, December 2, 1914: Sea War South Atlantic: Spee’s East Asia squadron surrounding the Horn in the night of December 1-2. East of the Horn cruiser Leipzig captures Scottish 3-masted barque Drummuir, takes her 2800t coal between… learn more
War Diary for Friday, December 1, 1944: Western Front 3rd US Army reaches river Saar. Occupied countries Crete: Germans on Crete abandon all areas except large towns. Air War Germany: RAF bombers attacking Duisburg and dropping 2,270 t of bombs. learn more
War Diary for Friday, December 1, 1939: Finland Winter War Finland: Helsinki bombed (80 killed, November 30 – December 1). Finnish coalition government formed, including Ryti (Prime Minister) and Tanner (Foreign Minister). Neutrals Scandinavia: Widespread pro-Finnish demonstrations. learn more
War Diary for Tuesday, December 1, 1914: Air War Western Front: First German aircraft with radio equipment on artillery spotting duties. French aviators Garros and Saulnier make first airborne firing tests of device for firing MG through arc of rotating… learn more
War Diary for Thursday, November 30, 1944: Air War Germany: 8th USAAF encounters severe flak during raids on oil plants in Leipzig area (53 planes lost). RAF drops 2,000 t. bombs on Duisburg. RAF drops 14,312 t. bombs on German… learn more
War Diary for Thursday, November 30, 1939: Finland WINTER WAR: RUSSIAN INVASION OF FINLAND. 26 divisions attack on four fronts at Karelian Isthmus, North of lake Ladoga, in the ‘Waist’, and at Petsamo (Arctic), supported by 900 aircraft and Baltic… learn more
War Diary for Monday, November 30, 1914: Western Front Flanders: Artillery duels. King George V first visits BEF, now 200,000 strong. Artois: Artillery duels. Eastern Front Poland: Battle of Lowicz-Sanniki until December 17 involves German Ninth Army reinforced by 9… learn more
War Diary for Wednesday, November 29, 1944: Russian Front Russian and Yugoslav forces capture Mohacs and Pecs, after crossing river Danube south of Budapest. Sea War Pacific: Giant Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano sunk by US submarine Archerfish. Air War Germany:… learn more
War Diary for Sunday, November 29, 1914: Western Front Somme: French advance around the village of Chaulnes. Argonne: French recapture Bagatelle. Vosges: French repulse attacks at Ban-de-Sapt. Bavarians forming first ski battalion. Artois: General Fayolle (70th Reserve Division) writes ‘I… learn more
War Diary for Wednesday, November 29, 1939: Politics Russia severs diplomatic relations with Finland. learn more
War Diary for Saturday, November 28, 1914: Western Front Artois: German attacks round Arras. French poet Jean de La Ville de Mirmont killed by landmine explosion at Verreiul, aged 27. Eastern Front Carpathians: Russians again secure Passes. Austrian Third Army… learn more
War Diary for Tuesday, November 28, 1944: Western Front 3rd US Army (Patton) holds now 42-km wide salient inside West Germany (Saar) – in front of the Siegfried Line. 9th US Army patrols reach river Roer. Sea War First Allied… learn more
War Diary for Tuesday, November 28, 1939: Politics Russia renounces Soviet-Finnish Non-Aggression Pact (signed 1932). Finns inform Moscow that investigations show that Russian artillery fired the 7 shells at Russian village Mainila on November 26, 1939. learn more
War Diary for Friday, November 27, 1914: Eastern Front Hindenburg promoted to field marshal. Litvinov replaces Rennenkampf in command of Russian First Army due to Lodz fiasco. Western Front Champagne: Germans bombard Reims Cathedral. Southern Fronts Serbia: Serbs retake Covka.… learn more
War Diary for Monday, November 27, 1944: Air War Germany: Very heavy day and night raids on marshalling yards in Western Germany. Freiburg severely damaged in night raid. Pacific: Second B-29 Superfortress raid on the Musashi plant, Tokyo. Japanese retaliatory… learn more
War Diary for Monday, November 27, 1939: China Sino-Japanese War: Japanese capture Nanning, important rail head in southwest China. Sea War British Government orders seizure of German exports on the high seas in reprisal for magnetic mine campaign. Neutrals Norway:… learn more
War Diary for Thursday, November 26, 1914: Western Front Flanders: German attack on Yser canal fails. BEF forms Trench Mortar Service (‘The Suicide Club’) near Bethune, 11 men with two Crimean War 6-inch mortars, but 100 copies of German Minenwerfer… learn more
