Diary January 7, 1917

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

Officers of the King's African Rifles — Officers of the King’s African Rifles in the field.

World War One Diary for Sunday, January 7, 1917:

African Fronts

East Africa: Action at Fort Kibala (until January 9): KAR (King’s African Rifles) capture 6 hills as Lettow raises siege.

Middle East

Mesopotamia: Maude’s feints begin with shelling of the Hai and Sannaiyat (7th Division trench raids).

Secret War

Arabia: British Arab Bureau reports Baron Oppenheim’s mission at Medina.

Home Fronts

Germany: Pless Crown Council backs unlimited U-boat war. Kaiser’s civilian cabinet chief diary entry: ‘Finis Germaniae’.
Rumania: Michael the Brave War Order created (3 classes).

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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.