Diary June 8, 1917

06-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

A German PoW captured in the successful battle of the Messines Ridge.

World War One Diary for Friday, June 8, 1917:

Western Front

France: Foch meets CIGS Robertson at Abbeville. Petain given right to order immediate executions, only orders 7 until July 13. Wilson tells British War Cabinet offensive necessary to keep France in war.
Flanders: British repulse counter-attacks east of Messines Ridge; advance on July 10. Germans withdraw to new line running through Warneton (July 11).
Artois: 6 Canadian battalions (709 casualties) make powerful raid west of Avion, bomb over 150 dugouts and inflict over 836 casualties (including 136 PoWs) in night June 8-9.

Southern Fronts

Greece: Without informing the Allies, Italian troops from Albania occupy Jannina in Epirus and port of Preveza (June 10).

Politics

Britain: Lloyd George argues for separate peace with Austria, war policy committee set up.

Occupied Territories

Poland: Austro-German Emperors agree that Germany to control Polish forces. In June Warsaw University shut due to students’ strike.

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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.