Diary April 8, 1915

04-1915, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

The right-wing Salandra who will committed Italy to her war.

Diary for Thursday, April 8, 1915:

Politics

Italy: Government demands Trentino, Dalmatian islands, Gorizia and Gardisca with primacy in Albania as Austria’s price for her neutrality, presses for reply until April 13.
Britain: Asquith establishes committee on British aims for Turkey in Asia.

Home Fronts

Turkey: ARMENIAN MASSACRES BEGIN. Up to 1 million dies until September for alleged co-operation with Russia. Men shot, women, old men and children deported to Cilicia and Syria; c. 200,000 forcibly Islamized.
Egypt: Attempt on Sultan’s life.
France: Croix de Guerre (War Cross) instituted. 1916 class called up to arms until April 12.

Western Front

Champagne: Germans repulsed at Beausejour.
Ypres: German poison gas cylinders ready, but weather postpones attack.
Lorraine: French anti-militarist animal story writer Louis Pergaud killed; aged 33; at Marcheville by own artillery when west in German lines.

Sea War

Atlantic: German raiders Prinz Eitel Friedrich (sank 5 British ships) and Kronprinz Wilhelm (sank 9 British ships) interned at Newport News, Virginia (April 8 and 26 resp.).

Air War

Western Front: Future French ace Nungesser joins Voisin reconnaissance and bombing unit VB106, is shot down on April 26.
No 7 squadron joins Royal Flying Corps.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.