War Diary of World War One for Tuesday, November 17, 1914: Western Front Falkenhayn begins transferring 9 divisions to Eastern Front, ‘low fighting strength … and bad autumn weather’ ends […]
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War Diary for Friday, November 17, 1944: Western Front 1st US Army captures Gressenich, 16 km east of Aachen. Sea War Pacific: Japanese aircraft carrier Shinyo sunk by US submarine
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War Diary for Friday, November 17, 1939: Sea War Atlantic: Pocket battleship Deutschland (Germany) arrives at Gdynia (Baltic) after her Atlantic raiding cruise (2 ships sunk). Renamed Lützow by Hitler
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War Diary of World War One for Monday, November 16, 1914: Eastern Front Poland: Russian rear guards beaten at Vlotslavek and Kutno. Russian I Corps marches 70 miles (ca. 113
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War Diary for Thursday, November 16, 1944: Air War Germany: 10,000 t. bombs dropped from 1,200 8th USAAF planes and 1,100 Lancaster and Halifax bombers obliterate fortified towns of Düren,
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War Diary for Thursday, November 16, 1939: Sea War British, French and Australian warships search for German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in Indian Ocean and East Indies.
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War Diary of World War One for Sunday, November 15, 1914: Western Front French General Staff issues studies and plans on resumption of offensive, assuming a German retreat after their
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War Diary for Wednesday, November 15, 1939: China Sino-Japanese War: Japanese capture last Chinese port of Pakhoi. Since July 1937 Japanese have taken now all of China’s seaports. Politics German
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War Diary for Wednesday, November 15, 1944: Air War Germany: 177 RAF bombers attacking Dortmund and dropping 904 t of bombs. Western Front French 1st Army attacks in Jura Mountains.
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War Diary of World War One for Saturday, November 14, 1914: Neutrals ItalyÂ: Mussolini launches and edits Popolo d’italia newspaper. USA: ‘Christmas ship’ Jason sails from New York with $
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War Diary for Tuesday, November 14, 1944: Western Front British 2nd Army attacks German pocket west of river Maas. Home Fronts Britain: ACM Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, designated Allied Air C-in-C
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War Diary for Tuesday, November 14, 1939: Western Front ‘Plan D’ (the ‘Dyle Plan‘) adopted by French and British High Commands after secret, inconclusive discussions with the Belgians. A German
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War Diary for Monday, November 13, 1939: Air War Germans bomb Shetland Islands. No casualties, only one rabbit killed. Air raid warning in Paris, anti-aircraft guns engage German reconnaissance aircraft.
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War Diary for Monday, November 13, 1944: Western Front Churchill visits French troops in the Vosges. Sea War 3 Liberty ships torpedoed by U-boat U-978 in English Channel.
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War Diary of World War One for Friday, November 13, 1914: Eastern Front East Prussia: Russians threaten fortress Thorn, are checked on November 14 but levy taxes on November 15.
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