World War One Diary for Friday, August 7, 1914: SEA WAR Mediterranean: German Vice Admiral Wilhelm von Souchon, pursued by Vice Admiral Sir A. Berkeley-Milne‘s two British battlecruisers, continues to […]
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World War One Diary for Thursday, August 6, 1914: POLITICS: SERBIA The government declares war on Germany. WESTERN FRONT Belgium: General Erich Ludendorff of the German Second Army wins great
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, August 6, 1944: WESTERN FRONT German Panzers counter-attack US forces in Mortain-Vire sector (begins night August 6- 7). AIR WAR: PACIFIC B-24 Liberators bomb Davao
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World War One Diary for Wednesday, August 5, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA-HUNGARY Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia at 1200 hours. Austrian Lt Pokorny solves first Russian cryptogram of war. Letter from
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 5, 1944: WESTERN FRONT US Armour reaches Redon (Brittany). British capture Villers Bocage. AIR WAR: EUROPE RAF blast open U-boat pens at Brest, using
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World War One Diary for Tuesday, August 4, 1914: POLITICS: BRITAIN The government declares war at 2300 hours as the Germans reject the British ultimatum requesting that their troops leave
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 4, 1944: WESTERN FRONT British 2nd Army tanks reach Villers Bocage, for second time since ‘D-Day’. AIR WAR Gloster Meteor jet fighter in combat
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World War One Diary for Monday, August 3, 1914: POLITICS: BELGIUM The Belgian government rejects the German ultimatum (0700 hours) demanding that its forces have free passage through Belgian territory
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 3, 1944: WESTERN FRONT US tanks reach Rennes (Brittany). BURMA Chinese capture Myitkyina (Northeast Burma). SEA WAR: PACIFIC US carrier planes attack shipping in
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World War One Diary for Sunday, August 2, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY Ultimatum is delivered to Belgium at 1900 hours demanding that German forces be allowed to move through Belgian territory
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WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, August 2, 1944: WESTERN FRONT Americans reach Vire, south of Caumont. SEA WAR ‘Linse’ (‘Lentil’) ‘explosive boats’ sink destroyer ‘Quorn’ (night August 2-3) DIPLOMACY Turkey
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WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, August 1, 1944: OCCUPIED POLAND WARSAW RISING: Polish ‘Home Army‘ (Armija Krajawa) begins heroic 53-day struggle against German garrison. RUSSIAN FRONT 3rd Belorussian Front captures
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World War One Diary for Saturday, August 1, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY GERMANY DECLARES WAR ON RUSSIA at 1910 hours after Russia has ignored ultimatum. ORDERING OF MOBILIZATION of men aged
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World War One Diary for Friday, July 31, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY GERMANY DECLARES IMMINENT DANGER OF WAR ALERT AT MIDNIGHT, ISSUES ULTIMATUMS TO RUSSIA AND FRANCE. Russia is told that
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WW2 War Diary for Monday, July 31, 1944: WESTERN FRONT US 1st Army breaks through at Avranches. RUSSIAN FRONT Red Army 1st Belorussian Front reaches outskirts of Warsaw. 3rd Belorussian
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