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Diary February 6, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, February 6, 1944: Eastern Front Northern Sector: Russians clear Germans from east bank of river Narva. Air War Eastern Front: 200 Russian planes attack Helsinki. learn more
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Diary February 6, 1919
World War One Diary for Thursday, February 6, 1919: Germany: National Assembly opens at Weimar. France: Allied-German Agreement on food supplies. Emir Feisal heard at Peace Conference. Britain: Trade allowed with West bank of Rhine, Alsace-Lorraine, Czechoslovakia and Occupied Austria.… learn more
Diary February 5, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, February 5, 1944: Russian Front Southern Sector: Russian 3rd and 4th UFs drive Germans from Nikopol Salient; then cross river Dnieper to free Nikopol and its great manganese mines (February 5-8). learn more
Diary February 5, 1919
World War One Diary for Wednesday, February 5, 1919: Germany – Aviation: First sustained daily air passenger service begun by Deutsche Luft-Reederei using converted military biplanes between Berlin and Weimar (120 miles in 2 hours 18 minutes). Russia – Peace… learn more
Diary February 4, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, February 4, 1944: Southeast Asia Burma: JAPANESE LAUNCH MAJOR OFFENSIVE IN THE ARAKAN (Operation Ha-Go). Mediterranean Italy: Americans heavily engaged at Cassino. learn more
Diary February 4, 1919
World War One Diary for Tuesday, February 4, 1919: Britain: London waiters strike (until February 10) for 8-hour day and tipping reform fails. Canadian Prime Minister Sir R Borden opens London Exhibition of nearly 400 war memorial paintings. learn more
Diary February 3, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, February 3, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: Germans counter-attack east and west of the Aprilia ‘model farm’ (the ‘Factory’) near Anzio bridgeheads. learn more
Diary February 3, 1919
World War One Diary for Monday, February 3, 1919: France – Peace Process: Venizelos presents Greece’s Smyrna claims in Turkey (until February 4). League of Nations Committee first meets. Sugar ration increased 50%. Britain : Army demobilization 1,112,339 men so… learn more
Diary February 2, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, February 2, 1944: Sea War Pacific: Ships of TF 58 enter Majuro Atoll (soon to become a vital advanced base). learn more
Diary February 2, 1919
World War One Diary for Sunday, February 2, 1919: Britain: Michael Collins helps Sinn Fein leader de Valera escape from Lincoln prison. The other Sinn Fein prisoners released March 6-10. learn more
Diary February 1, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, February 1, 1944: Sea War Pacific: AMERICANS LAND ON MARSHALL ISLANDS. 4th US Marines and 7th Infantry Division are landing on Majuro Atoll (January 30), Kwajalein Atoll (February 1 and 2) and Eniwetok Island (February… learn more
Diary February 1, 1919
World War One Diary for Saturday, February 1, 1919: Baltic States: Estonians retake Verro and Walk in Livonia. Latvians retake Shavli. German General Goltz arrives at Libau. Russia: In February Reds form combined Lithuanian-Belorussian SSR ‘Litber’ (until August), wound up… learn more
Diary January 31, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 31, 1944: Air War Germany: 489 RAF bombers attacking Berlin and dropping 1,961t of bombs. Sea War Channel German E-boats attack Convoy CW.243 (2 ships sunk). Merchant shipping losses in January 1944: 18 Allied… learn more
Diary January 31, 1919
World War One Diary for Friday, January 31, 1919: Baltic Provinces: Red Army occupies Windau (until February 1), 40 miles north of Libau. South Russia: General Wrangel of 1st Cavalry Division made C-in-C Caucasus Volunteer Army vs General Gittis (ex-Tsarist… learn more
Diary January 30, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 30, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: 5th US Army makes small breach in Gustav Line. At Anzio, US Rangers advance to Cisterna and British 3rd Division to Railway Station, north of Aprilia. Air War Germany: US… learn more
Diary January 30, 1919
World War One Diary for Thursday, January 30, 1919: France – Peace Process: – Supreme Council adopts mandate system, provisional arrangements for German colonies and occupied Anatolia. Weizmann tells Colonel Meinertzhagen ‘Zionism is constructive Bolshevism’. South Africa: War losses published.… learn more
Diary January 29, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 29, 1944: Sea War Pacific: TF 58 attacks Marshall Islands (January 29-February 3) with 6,232 sorties (49 planes lost). Mediterranean: British cruiser Spartan sunk by glider bomb off Anzio. Air War Germany: 596 RAF… learn more
Diary January 29, 1919
World War One Diary for Wednesday, January 29, 1919: Urals: Red First Army takes Uralsk, disorganizing Orenburg and Ural Cossacks. Siberia: General Knox cables regarding ‘Prinkipo Proposal’, ‘suddenly the whole of Russia is informed by wireless that her Allies regard… learn more
Diary January 28, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, January 28, 1944: Sea War Atlantic: Two ‘wolf-packs’ (totalling 20 U-boats) totally prevented from interfering with Convoys OS.66, KMS.40 and ON.221 by RAF Coastal Command. Air War Pacific: 22 Corsair fighters and 6 pilots lost… learn more
Diary January 28, 1919
World War One Diary for Tuesday, January 28, 1919: France – Peace Process: French government presents Togo and Cameroons claims. learn more