Diary January 10, 1917

01-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

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World War One Diary for Wednesday, January 10, 1917:

Politics

USA: Allies reply to Wilson’s peace note with special message from Belgium.
German San Francisco Consul-General and 4 employees found guilty of conspiracy to sink arms ships. Bernstorff cables Zimmermann war inevitable if U-boats unleashed.

Western Front

Somme: British attack takes trenches on 3/4-mile front northeast of Beaumont Hamel, Fifth Army operations on Ancre until March 13 involve Anzac and 3 other corps (11 divisions).

Sea War

Channel: First Anglo-French collier convoy sails (up to 45 colliers with 3 or 4 trawler escorts); only 5 of 2.600 lost by April 30.

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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.

Politics

Western Front

Sea War

About The Author

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