Diary January 4, 1917

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

US President Wilson holding a baseball at a World series match — US President Wilson holding a baseball at a World Seriews match. He played a part in the fate of war incomparably more direct and personal than any other man.

World War One Diary for Thursday, January 4, 1917:

Neutrals

USA: Wilson speech ‘There will be no war … it would be a crime against civilisation for us to go in’.

Western Front

France: Nivelle visits and impresses King Albert from Belgium, tells him ‘We must gain our objectives in the first two days of the offensive’. Nivelle also forms a General Staff 4e bureau to handle all logistics at army level.

Eastern Front

Rumania: Mackensen takes Gurgueti and Romanul, piercing Braila bridgehead which Russians evacuate. Falkenhayn begins Battle of the Putna until January 8.

Sea War

Eastern Mediterranean: Russian pre-Dreadnought Peresviet sinks on U-boat (probably U-73) mine off Port Said; ship a Russo-Japanese War prize bought back from Japan.

Politics

London and Berlin agree to swap all internees over 45 years.

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.