Diary June 9, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, June 9, 1915: Eastern Front Baltic Provinces: German attacks repulsed in Shavli district (more attacks on June 12). General Plehve arrives at Riga to lead new Fifth […]
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Diary June 9, 1940
Diary for Sunday, June 9, 1940: France German Army Group A (45 divisions) attacks on the river Aisne. 5th Panzer Division captures Rouen. Norway GERMAN-NORWEGIAN ARMISTICE. General Dietl receives surrender
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Diary June 9, 1945
Diary for Saturday, June 9, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Montgomery takes salute at last parade of Guards Armored Division. Politics Anglo-British-Yugoslav Agreement on future status of Trieste. Home Fronts Britain
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Diary June 8, 1940
Diary for Saturday, June 8, 1940: Sea War Carrier Glorious and escorting destroyers Acasta and Ardent sunk in desperate battle with Gneisenau and Scharnhorst south-west of Narvik. Acasta scores damaging
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Diary June 8, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, June 8, 1915: Sea War Dardanelles: HMS Humber first RN monitor to arrive, these shallow-draught heavy-gunned vessels reduce need for more vulnerable battleships. Western Front Artois: Further
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Diary June 8, 1945
Diary for Friday, June 8, 1945: Sea War Pacific: Japanese cruiser Ashigara sunk by British submarine Trenchant off Sumatra.
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Diary June 7, 1945
Diary for Thursday, June 7, 1945: Home Fronts Britain: King and Queen visit Channel Islands. First performance of Britten’s opera ‘Peter Grimes‘ at Sadler’s Wells Theater, London. Norway King Haakon
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Diary June 7, 1940
Diary for Friday, June 7, 1940: France Rommel advances 30 miles (ca. 48 km) to Forges-Ies-Eaux, north of Rouen. Air War French Naval Air Force attempts token bombing raid on
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Diary June 7, 1915
Diary for Monday, June 7, 1915: Eastern Front Galicia: Lechitski evacuates Kalusz and Nadworna in east and all of Bukovina on June 12. Austrians retake Stanislau next day and Kolomea
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Diary June 6, 1915
Diary for Sunday, June 6, 1915: Air War Britain: Zeppelin L9 drops 52 bombs on Hull for 20 minutes around midnight (62 civilian and 2 military casualties), 3 German Army
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Diary June 6, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, June 6, 1945: Politics Brazil declares war on Japan. Secret War Detention of 4 agents landed on Orissa coast (India) by Japanese submarine in March 1944: 2
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Diary June 6, 1940
Diary for Thursday, June 6, 1940: France Despite strong French resistance, Rommel breaks through west of Amiens and advances 20 miles (ca. 32 km). Air War 21 LeO-451 bombers (11
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Diary June 5, 1915
Diary for Saturday, June 5, 1915: Southern Fronts Isonzo: 4 Italian corps vainly attack Doberdo plateau, Gorizia and Monte Kuk until June 8 with poor artillery support. Western Front Artois:
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Diary June 5, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, June 5, 1945: Politics ALLIED AGREEMENT ON PARTITION OF GERMANY AND CITY OF BERLIN signed by Eisenhower, Montgomery, Lattre de Tassigny and Zhukov. Okinawa Naha airfield captured
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Diary June 5, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, June 5, 1940: Western Front BATTLE OF FRANCE BEGINS – Operation Rot (Red): 119 German divisions (with 10 armored) against 65 French divisions (3 armored, 3 mechanized
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