Diary January 5, 1916
Diary for Wednesday, January 5, 1916: Air War Western Front: New French Nieuport 11 fighter begins entering service with Esc N3. 25 Royal Flying Corps aircraft attack Douai airfields and […]
Year 1916
Diary January 4, 1916
Diary for Tuesday, January 4, 1916: Home Fronts Britain: Lord Derby’s recruiting report published, 2,675,149 volunteers to date but over 2 million of military age unattested justifies conscription. Fuller-phone (non-tappable)
Diary January 3, 1916
Diary for Monday, January 3, 1916: Home Fronts France: General Press Relations Directorate formed. Britain: Clydeside Socialist newspaper Forward suppressed for 4 weeks. Western Front Brigade-General J Charteris becomes BEF
Diary January 2, 1916
Diary for Sunday, January 2, 1916: Sea War Dardanelles: British submarine E2 recalled; end of Allied submarine campaign. Half Turk merchant fleet now sunk and warships immobilized by coal shortage.
Diary January 1, 1916
Diary for Saturday, January 1, 1916: Sea War British introduce depth charges; but only 2 per anti-submarine vessel, insufficient supply till June 1917. Royal Navy now has 35 paddle-minesweepers (24
Diary December 31, 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
Diary December 30, 1916
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
Diary December 29, 1916
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
Diary December 28, 1916
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
Diary December 27, 1916
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
Diary December 26, 1941
WW2 War Diary for Friday, December 26, 1941: Sea War Norwegian Sea: British naval commando raid on Lofoten Islands. Black Sea: Russian landings on Kerch Peninsula, to assist garrison of
Diary December 26, 1916
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
Diary December 24, 1916
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
Diary December 23, 1916
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,
Diary December 22, 1916
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
Diary December 20, 1916
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
Diary December 19, 1916
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
Diary December 18, 1916
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
Diary December 17, 1916
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
Diary December 16, 1941
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
