Mar 21, 2015 · The diary of Captain Leslie Skinner documents his experiences of the brutal conflict immediately following the D-Day landings. Skinner was not a combat soldier but a priest, assigned as an army chaplain to the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry tank regiment.

For many who served during World War I, keeping a diary offered an outlet, a place into which they could unload their fears and frustrations. Today, these diaries stand as unparalleled historic documents, providing readers with a wealth of information about …

Jul 21, 2015 · Diary Entry: From early morning until late at night we witnessed indescribable events. Armed SS soldiers, gendarmes, and “blue police” ran through the city looking for Jews.

Jul 26, 2016 · Many important diaries kept by political leaders and ordinary folks during World War II have been digitized or preserved, and while reading a few of them might require a trip to the …

Many of the combatants of the First World War recorded the daily events of their experiences in the form of a diary. Some were published after the war and have become celebrated. Many more, however, remained tucked away in cupboard drawers for years, unpublished and unseen.

Life on the Front Line is composed predominantly of diaries and letters written by British military personnel who served during the First World War (1914–1918). Consisting of nearly 15,000 images, it provides a fascinating, albeit poignant, survey of …

And yet his pocket diary, written in French and translated here into English, helps humanize the experience of the war, the fear and the sound of guns, along with the tedium, the mud, the rumors, the occasional decent meal, or cigarette, or shot of brandy.

Nov 22, 2020 · English translation: In Time of War: The Complete Diary from the First World War. The collected Flemish-language war diaries of the famous Belgian writer Stijn Streuvels (1871-1969), compiled in 1979.

Mar 25, 2025 · This page lists collections that include diaries, memoirs, and other autobiographical material kept during and/or relating to World War II experiences.

WW1 Diaries Example sources and Starter Sentences Read the ‘Dairy of Everyday happenings in France 1918’ and ‘Dairy of Leading Stoker Victor Bethell, HMS Gloucester 1916’.