Diary July 8, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 8, 1944: Western Front Normandy: ‘Titanic’ artillery barrage precedes major attack by British-Canadian 2nd Army northwest of Caen, which advances up to 5 km […]
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Diary JULY 7, 1914
World War One Diary for Tuesday, July 7, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Council of Ministers and Chief of Staff meet for nearly 7 hours; only Count Tisza disagrees on principle of
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Diary July 7, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 7, 1944: Pacific Marianas: 3,000-strong rearguard of Saipan garrison storms US positions (night July 7-8) – before suffering annihilation. General Saito and Admiral Nagumo
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Diary JULY 6, 1914
World War One Diary for Monday, July 6, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY The Kaiser leaves Kiel on imperial yacht Hohenzollern for his annual summer cruise in Norwegian waters. He will not
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Diary July 6, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 6, 1944: Air War Pacific: First purpose-built US night fighter – Northrop P-61 Black Widow – destroys Japanese Mitsubishi G4M Betty bomber over Saipan.
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Diary JULY 5, 1914
World War One Diary for Sunday, July 5, 1914: POLITICS: GERMANY Austrian Special Envoy Count Hoyos arrives in Berlin to find out German intentions after Sarajevo. Austrian Ambassador lunches at
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Diary July 5, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 5, 1944: Sea War Channel: Neger (Negro) type U-boats begin operations off Normandy. In 3 night operations they sink 4 light warships and cripple
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Diary JULY 4, 1914
World War One Diary for Saturday, July 4, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Archduke’s funeral at Artstetten family castle, 50 miles West of Vienna, after Hofburg Vienna lying-in-state.
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Diary July 4, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, July 4, 1944: Western Front Normandy: British 2nd Army takes Carpiquet, west of Caen. Air War Western Europe: V-1 storage depots in limestone caverns at
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Diary JULY 3, 1914
World War One Diary for Friday, July 3, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Hungarian Prime Minister Count Tisza demands in letter to Count Berchtold that Council of Ministers meet. POLITICS: TURKEY Constantinople
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Diary July 3, 1944
World War One Diary for Monday, July 3, 1944: Eastern Front Central Sector: 100,000-strong German 4th Army encircled at Minsk. Mediterraneany Italy: Siena captured by Free-French troops. Sea War Channel:
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Diary JULY 2, 1914
World War One Diary for Thursday, July 2, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA German Ambassador assures Count Berchtold and Emperor Francis Joseph (‘I see a very dark future’) of Berlin’s support. Francis
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Diary July 2, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, July 2, 1944: Sea War Pacific: Americans land on Noemfoor Island, west of Biak. Crew of Japanese submarine I-8 murders survivors of SS Jean Nicolet.
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Diary JULY 1, 1914
World War One Diary for Wednesday, July 1, 1914: POLITICS: AUSTRIA Austrian battleship Viribus Unitis arrives at Trieste with Sarajevo victims’ bodies. POLITICS: SOUTH AFRICA Indian Relief Act. POLITICS: USA
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Diary July 1, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 1, 1944: Sea War Pacific: US submarine Cobia sinks 6 ships in Japanese home waters during July; submarine Ray torpedoes 5 ships in Philippines-East
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