Diary April 8, 1917

04-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

Lenin, on his way to Petrograd to direct the revolution.

World War One Diary for Sunday, April 8, 1917:

Secret War

Germany: Lenin with 19 to 20 Bolsheviks begin ‘sealed train’ journey from Switzerland to Petrograd (until April 16) via Berlin (on April 11 told to Kaiser).

Politics

Austria: Government severs relations with US (Bulgaria on April 10).

Sea War

Eastern Atlantic – The Torrington Massacre: U-55 (Werner) sinks British steamer off Scilly Islands, destroys one lifeboat (14 killed) and drowns 20 passengers by deliberately submerging while they are on outer casing.

Air War

Macedonia: KG 1 bombs Yanesh railhead; 2 Sopwiths force down an already AA-riddled Friedrichshafen G-type bomber, 3 crew taken PoW.
Western Front: Lieutenant-General Hoeppner and Chief of Staff Lieutenant-Colonel Thomsen both awarded Pour le Merite for reorganizing German Army Air Service since November 12, 1916.

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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.