Year 1916

World War One Diary for Wednesday, November 26, 1941: Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa: German troops capture Klin 85 km northwest of Moscow. Sea War Pacific: Japanese ‘Carrier Striking Force’ leaves […]

World War One Diary for Sunday, November 26, 1916: Western Front Germany: OHL issues equivocal instruction on role of forthcom­ing Siegfried Stellung (Hindenburg Line): ‘Just as in times of peace,

World War One Diary for Saturday, November 25, 1916: Sea War Eastern Atlantic:Unescorted French old battleship Suffren (making only 9 kts) sunk with all hands by U-52 off Lisbon. Eastern

World War One Diary for Friday, November 24, 1916: Home Fronts Britain: Death of Sir Hiram Maxim, 1889 inventor of modern machine gun, aged 76, London. Air War Germany: 9

World War One Diary for Thursdday, November 23, 1916: Air War Western Front: Richthofen kills Major Lanoe Hawker (Victoria Cross, 9 victories), RFC after epic 35­-minutes duel near Bapaume; the

World War One Diary for Tuesday, November 21, 1916: Politics Austria-Hungary: JOSEPH OF AUSTRIA peacefully died, aged 86, having told Prime Minister ‘if that is the case [domestic discontent] we

World War One Diary for Monday, November 20, 1916: Eastern Front Russia: Tsar summons Gourko from Special Army to act as Chief of Staff (Alexeiev ill until March 1917), he

World War One Diary for Sunday, November 19, 1916: Southern Fronts Serbia – Fall of Monastir to Allies: Serb and French cavalry ride in 4 years to the day since

World War One Diary for Saturday, November 18, 1916: Southern Fronts Serbia: Despite deep snow Serb Danube Division captures Hill 1378, Italians storm Ostretz Hill and two other features (until

World War One Diary for Friday, November 17, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: First snow falls, night November 17-18. Air War Germany: French bomber pilot Captain Beauchamp in

World War One Diary for Thursday, November 16, 1916: Air War Britain: Haig asks for an extra 20 fighter squadrons for 1917. RFC capture first Albatros D1 fighter, forced down

World War One Diary for Wednesday, November 15, 1916: Home Fronts Russia: Grand Duke Nicholas warns Tsar and Tsarina of Rasputin’s harmful influence. Germany: 1918 conscript class, all under 19

World War One Diary for Tuesday, November 14, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme: British 190th Brigade (63rd Royal Navy Division) with 2 Tank Mk I capture Beaucourt (Ancre)

World War One Diary for Monday, November 13, 1941: Western Front Battle of the Somme – Battle of the Ancre begins (until November 18): with 10 divisions, 5 tanks and

World War One Diary for Sunday, November 12, 1916: Eastern Front Transylvania: Rumanian First Army retreats in Jiu and Aluta Valleys. Middle East South Persia: Sykes occupies Shiraz, organises 3,700

World War One Diary for Saturday, November 11, 1916: Western Front Battle of the Somme – Battle of the Ancre Heights ends: British artillery preparation begins, British infantry capture Farmers

World War One Diary for Friday, November 10, 1916: Sea War Baltic: During attempted raid (night November 10-11) on Russian patrol lines in Gulf of Finland, near Reval, 7 wartime-built

World War One Diary for Thursday, November 9, 1916: Air War Belgium: 6 RNAS Short seaplanes (1 FTR) bomb Ostend docks and Zeebrugge (repeated November 15 and 17), 19 RNAS

World War One Diary for Wednesday, November 8, 1916: African Fronts East Africa: Wahle attacks British Malangali post (until November 12) which is relieved by Murray’s 400 British soldiers. Western