Diary March 27, 1917

03-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

‘U-155’ was converted from the commercial submarine ‘Deutschland’ (U-151) and was one of a class of 8 long-range U-boats. The boats were obsolete in the last year of the war, but were important as the first long-range subs ever.

World War One Diary for Tuesday, March 27, 1917:

Sea War

Germany: Long-range ocean U-cruiser Flotilla formed with U-155; 5 boats by September 22. In or outside prohibited zones ships without lights to be sunk without warning.

Western Front

France: a French soldier writes ‘Victory is smiling on our arms.’
Aisne: French reach Aisne-Oise Canal north of Soissons.

Politics

Russia: Petrograd Soviet appeals to peoples of the world for peace.

Neutrals

USA: Wilson tells E House war decided ‘What else can I do?’.

Home Fronts

Russia: Grand Dukes and Princes renounce hereditary rights.
Britain: Commons blockade debate.

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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.