Diary June 14, 1945
Diary for Thursday, June 14, 1945: Okinawa US infantry capture Yaeju-Dake peak. Sea War Pacific: British TG raids Truk (June 14 and 15). Occupied countries Germany: Von Ribbentrop arrested by […]
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Diary June 14, 1940
Diary for Friday, June 14, 1940: France GERMAN FORCES ENTER PARIS. General von Bock, CO Army Group B, reviews victory parades in Place de la Concorde and at Arc de
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Diary June 14, 1915
Diary for Monday, June 14, 1915: African Fronts Southwest Africa: Botha’s final advance to the north begins, occupies Omaruru on June 20 and detaches 2 mounted brigades to cut off
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Diary June 13, 1915
Diary for Sunday, June 13, 1915: Western Front FlandersÂ: Canadians discard unreliable Ross rifles for standard SM Lee-Enfield, enter Messines sector on June 28. Artois: French checked at Souchez. Petain
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Diary June 13, 1940
Diary for Thursday, June 13, 1940: Home Fronts Britain: 120,000 school-children to be evacuated from London. Germany: Hitler gives an interview to American journalist Carl von Wiegand: he had no
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Diary June 13, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, June 13, 1945: Okinawa End of organized Japanese resistance in Oroku sector. Farther south, heavy Japanese gunfire forces Americans to use tanks for all normal MT duties
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Diary June 12, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, June 12, 1945: Okinawa Japanese marines in Oroku sector request cease-fire, which will permit them to commit hara-kiri; hundreds jump off cliffs or disembowel themselves with grenadesÂ.
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Diary June 12, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, June 12, 1940: France Rommel captures remnants of French IX Corps and British 51st Highland Division at St.Valery-en-Caux, near Le Havre. Germans reach the Marne and cross
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Diary June 12, 1915
Diary for Saturday, June 12, 1915: Southern Fronts Carnic Alps: Italians occupy two passes and repel Austrian attacks on June 25. Isonzo: Italians attack Hill 383 seven times. Eastern Front
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Diary June 11, 1940
Diary for Tuesday, June 11, 1940: France German vanguards approach Pontoise, thereby threatening Paris from the northwest. Sea War Mediterranean: British Mediterranean Fleet and French cruiser squadron sweep Eastern Mediterranean
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Diary June 11, 1915
Diary for Friday, June 11, 1915: Air War North Sea – First-ever use of reconnaissance seaplanes with battle fleet at sea: Sopwith Baby seaplanes from HMS Campania observe movements of
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Diary June 11, 1945
Diary for Monday, June 11, 1945: Okinawa Japanese pocket in Oroku sector now only 914 meters square.
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Diary June 10, 1940
Diary for Monday, June 10, 1940: Politics ITALY DECLARES WAR ON BRITAIN AND FRANCE. Hostilities to begin at midnight. CANADA DECLARES WAR ON ITALY. French Government leaves Paris for Tours,
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Diary June 10, 1915
Diary for Thursday, June 10, 1915: Sea War Adriatic: Austrian U11 alias German coastal submarine UB15 (Heimburg) surprises and sinks Italian submarine Medusa. Middle East Armenia: Turks win Second Battle
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Diary June 10, 1945
Diary for Sunday, June 10, 1945: Okinawa US 24th Corps launches all-out attack on Yaeju-Dake Line, in extreme south. US Marines compress Japanese pocket in Oroku sector. Sea War Pacific
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