Diary February 20, 1917

02-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

A Hungarian poster calls for donations for war orphans.

World War One Diary for Tuesday, February 20, 1917:

Secret War

Austria: Note invites Prince Sixtus to Vienna for peace talks. Emperor Charles hints at separate peace.

Middle East

Arabia – First major raid on Hejaz Railway: Captain Garland’s 50 Arabs from Wejh blow up engine and bridge at Toweira.
Sinai: British surprise and take Turk posts at Nakhi and Bir-el-Hassana.

Sea War

Western Mediterranean: French cruiser-minelayer Cassini sinks on UC-35 mine in Bonifacio Straits.

Neutrals

USA: Wilson asks for powers from Congress.

About The Author

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.