WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 29, 1944: Sea War Pacific: TF 58 attacks Marshall Islands (January 29-February 3) with 6,232 sorties (49 planes lost). Mediterranean: British cruiser Spartan sunk […]
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World War One Diary for Wednesday, January 29, 1919: Urals: Red First Army takes Uralsk, disorganizing Orenburg and Ural Cossacks. Siberia: General Knox cables regarding ‘Prinkipo Proposal’, ‘suddenly the whole
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, January 28, 1944: Sea War Atlantic: Two ‘wolf-packs’ (totalling 20 U-boats) totally prevented from interfering with Convoys OS.66, KMS.40 and ON.221 by RAF Coastal Command.
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World War One Diary for Tuesday, January 28, 1919: France – Peace Process: French government presents Togo and Cameroons claims.
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, January 27, 1944: Eastern Front Northern Sector: SIEGE OF LENINGRAD ENDS after 872 days. Air War Germany: Most concentrated night raid of the war on
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World War One Diary for Monday, January 27, 1919: Russia: Death of General Ivanov (ex-Tsarist Southwest Front commander 1914Â-16) of typhus, aged 67. 2nd Czech Division’s evacuation ordered. France –
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WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, January 26, 1944: Home Fronts USSR: Soviet forensic medical commission on Katyn Massacre publishes a fake report; blames Germans. Pacific New Guinea: Elements of Japanese
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World War One Diary for Sunday, January 26, 1919: Germany – Bavaria: Eisner wins only 3 of 160 seats in elections as law and order breaks down. Russia: Petrograd Red
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WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, January 25, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russian 1st and 2nd UFs launch pincer movement west of Cherkassy and encircle 10 German divisions in the
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World War One Diary for Saturday, January 25, 1919: France – Peace Process: League of Nations recognized as part of Peace Treaty and eight international committees formed in second Plenary
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World War One Diary for Friday, January 24, 1919: France: Peace Conference appoints Arms Control Commission for Germany; Supreme War Council fixes occupation army strengths. Russia: Ukraine and Estonian representatives
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WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 24, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: French Expeditionary Corps attacks Monte Santa Croce. Hitler orders German troops to hold Gustav Line at all cost.
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 23, 1944: Sea War Pacific: Japanese submarine RO 37 torpedoes tanker Cache – last success by a Japanese submarine in Southwest Pacific.
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World War One Diary for Thursday, January 23, 1919: Germany: Election results give Social Democrats majority (163 deputies). BritainÂ: 150,000 miners begin strike for shorter working week.
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 22, 1944: Sea War Mediterranean – ANZIO LANDINGS: Allied 6th Corps lands near Anzio and Nettuno, south of Rome (Operation Shingle) in bold attempt
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