Diary April 1, 1915
Diary for Thursday, April 1, 1915: Air War Dardanelles: In April first German airmen in action. Western Front: Lieutenant R Garros of Escadrille MS 23 in Morane ‘N’ shoots down […]
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Diary April 1, 1945
Diary for Sunday, April 1, 1945: Sea War Pacific: US 10th ARMY LANDS ON OKINAWA (Operation Glacier); captures Kadena and Yontan airfieldsÂ. Russian Front Russians take Sopron, southeast of Vienna.
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Diary March 31, 1940
Diary for Sunday, March 31, 1940: Home Fronts Britain: A large proportion of people evacuated from cities in September 1939 have now drifted back home; only 300,000 schoolchildren, out of
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Diary March 31, 1915
Diary for Wednesday, March 31, 1915: Western Front German Army ration strength 5,029,672 men. Sea War Germany: U-boats sank 29 ships (161 British lives lost) worth 89,517t in March, more
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Diary March 31, 1945
Diary for Saturday, March 31, 1945: Western Front French start crossing the Rhine near Speyer. Russian Front Russians take Ratibor on Upper Oder. Sea War Merchant shipping losses in March
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Diary March 30, 1940
Diary for Saturday, March 30, 1940: Home Fronts Britain: Sir John Gilmour, Minister of Shipping, dies aged 63.
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Diary March 30, 1915
Diary for Tuesday, March 30, 1915: Western Front Flanders: Intelligence officers of XV Corps, French Tenth Army, learn from PoWs that extensive German preparations near Zillebeke east of Ypres to
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Diary March 30, 1945
Diary for Friday, March 30, 1945: Russian Front Danzig stormed by Rokossovksy’s 2nd Belorussian Front. Tolbukhin enters Austria. Air War Germany: 345 bombers of 8th USAAF attacking Wilhelmshaven, Hamburg and
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Diary March 29, 1940
Diary for Friday, March 29, 1940: Air War Capitan Antoine de Saint-Exupery flies first recce sortie over West Germany in the Bloch 174 (max. speed 530 km/hour). Air Marshal Portal
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Diary March 29, 1915
Diary for Monday, March 29, 1915: Middle East Egypt: General Hamilton inspects 20,000 Anzacs troops for the Dardanelles (2,480 NZ reinforcements arrived on March 26). Western Front First German Gas
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Diary March 29, 1945
Diary for Thursday, March 29, 1940: Western Front Tanks of 21st Army Group break out of Wesel bridgehead. US 7th Army captures Mannheim and Heidelberg. Air War Britain: 2,419th (and
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Diary March 28, 1940
Diary for Thursday, March 28, 1940: Sea War Pacific: Russian cargo ships Selenga and Vladimir Mayakovski (carrying metallic ores to Vladivostok for trans-shipment to Germany) ordered to Hong Kong by
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Diary March 28, 1915
Diary for Sunday, March 28, 1915: Western Front Aisne: General Kluck severely wounded in leg by French shell, visiting trenches near Vailly, aged 68; Fabeck replaces him in command of
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Diary March 28, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, March 28, 1945: Russian Front Poland: Rokossovsky captures Gdynia. Hungary: Malinovsky takes Gyor. Guderian replaced by Krebs as COS after row with Hitler.
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Diary March 27, 1940
Diary for Wednesday, March 27, 1940: Western Front Phony War continues: French and German artillery exchange fire in Saar and Vosges sectors.
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