12-1916

World War One Diary for Sunday, December 31, 1916: Home Fronts Russia: Rasputin murdered (night December 30-31). By now 14,648,000 men mobilized including 47.4% of the male peasants. Austria: Nearly […]

World War One Diary for Saturday, December 30, 1916: Home Fronts Hungary: Emperor Charles crowned King Charles IV at Budapest. Germany: War Ministry dismounts 16 cavalry regiments. Russia: Tsar tells

World War One Diary for Friday, December 29, 1916: Western Front Somme: Haig’s Battle of the Somme Dispatch published, covers BEF operations from May 15 to November 18, 1916. He

World War One Diary for Thursday, December 28, 1916: Western Front Verdun: Fierce German counter-attack at Mort Homme. Secret War Salonika: Serb Colonel Dimitrievic (codename Apis) of Black Hand secret

World War One Diary for Wednesday, December 27, 1916: Sea War Aegean: ­Escorted French battleship Gaulois sunk by coastal submarine UB-47 (Steinbauer) 30 miles east of Cerigo between Crete and

World War One Diary for Tuesday, December 26, 1916: Western Front France: JOFFRE RESIGNS as C-in-C French Armies, is CREATED MARSHAL OF FRANCE, first since 1870. Eastern Front Rumania: Russian

World War One Diary for Sunday, December 24, 1916: Middle East Mesopotamia: British cavalry blow up Arab Fort Gusab 18 miles southeast of Kut. Eastern Front Dobruja: Bulgars attack Sakharov

World War One Diary for Saturday, December 23, 1916: African Fronts East Africa: NRFF (1,900 soldiers with 6 guns) advances from Lupembe against Captain Langenn to Mkapira (­arriving January 16,

World War One Diary for Friday, December 22, 1916: Western Front France: Mangin in command of French Sixth Army, Micheler to head Reserve Army Group for 1917 spring offensive, Duchene

World War One Diary for Wednesday, December 20, 1916: Home Fronts Germany: Chancellor Bethmann comes under sustained pressure from German Army and Navy for unlimited U-boat warfare without delay (December

World War One Diary for Tuesday, December 19, 1916: Politics Britain: Lloyd George’s first speech as Prime Minister rejects peace talks without definite proposals ‘… we shall put our trust

World War One Diary for Monday, December 18, 1916: Western Front Verdun:- First offensive Battle of Verdun ends; 4th (French 126th Division) Zouaves recapture Les Chambrettes Farm. Mangin thanks his

World War One Diary for Sunday, December 17, 1916: Western Front Artois: Marwitz takes over German Second Army from Gallwitz (until September 22, 1918) who goes to Fifth Army at

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 16, 1941: Eastern Front Russians recapture Klin northwest of Moscow. Sea War Pacific: Dutch submarine O.16 torpedoes 4 Japanese transports in Gulf of Siam

World War One Diary for Saturday, December 16, 1916: Western Front Verdun: French 133rd Division (Passaga) recaptures Bezon­vaux and Hardaumont. German counter-attack regains Les Chambrettes Farm on December 17. Eastern

World War One Diary for Friday, December 15, 1916: Western Front Verdun – GREAT FRENCH ATTACK (north of Fort Douaumont): 2-mile penetration at 1000 hours recaptures Vacherauville, Hill 342 (Poivre

World War One Diary for Thursday, December 14, 1916: Eastern Front Rumania: Falkenhayn enters Buzeu in push for Braila and Galatz (Danube towns); all Wallachia in German hands, military government

World War One Diary for Wednesday, December 13, 1916: Middle East Mesopotamia: Maude begins Tigris offensive with 48,500 men; 174 guns and 24 planes against 20,600 Turks with 70 guns:

World War One Diary for Tuesday, December 12, 1916: Western Front GERMANY MAKES PEACE PROPOSALS. France: Foch removed by Joffre from command of Northern Army Group (d’Esperey succeeds on December