Diary December 22, 1916

12-1916, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

A French poster appeals for economy in the use of gas lighting

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 takes over latter’s Tenth Army.

Eastern Front

Rumania – Battle of Casin (until January 16, 1917): Allies eventually check Archduke Joseph’s 4-division advance along three Carpathian valleys.

Sea War

Germany: Holtzendorff memo urges unrestricted U-boat war, can force England to peace table in 5 months ie before August 1 1917 and harvest if begun February 1.
Adriatic: 4 Austrian destroyers raid Otranto Barrage (night December 22-23): only 1 drifter damaged but 2 French destroyers hit, 2 Italian damaged plus one in collisions.
Britain: New Shipping Ministry orders five types of standard merchant ship (3,000-8,000t) until April 1917.

Politics

Austria: Count Czemin succeeds Baron Burian as Foreign Minister.

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Kretaner

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.