Diary March 11, 1916

03-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

Diary for Saturday, March 11, 1916:

Neutrals

USA: 14-inch-gun battleship Nevada completed, she and her sister ship Oklahoma (finished May 2) have heavy deck armour and centralized fire control. Larger Pennsylvania and Arizona follow on June 12 resp. October 17.

Southern Fronts

Italian Front: Fifth Battle of the Isonzo (until March 15-16) begun to help French at Verdun with 7 corps and 2 Alpini groups, but snow and rain a handicap that ends it prematurely.

Middle East

Mesopotamia: Gorringe replaces Aylmer as GOC Tigris Corps.

African Fronts

East Africa: Tighe’s British 2nd Division (270 casualties) takes Latema Nek (al Kilimanjaro, until March 12) from Major Kraut’s 1,000 men (123+ casualties).

Politics

Denmark: Scandinavian kings reaffirm neutrality at Copenhagen.

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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.