Diary March 8, 1917

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

Picture taken in 1917 of Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin (July 8, 1838 – March 8, 1917)

World War One Diary for Thursday, March 8, 1917:

Air War

Germany: Dead of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, aged 79, pioneer of giant metal-framed rigid airships (civil and military) since 1891 and of giant LR biplane aircraft.

Western Front

France: Canadian Prime Minister visits BEF, Haig and Nivelle (until March 12).
Champagne: French regain most of salient lost on February 15 (Butte de Mesnil-Maisons de Champagne); more gains in eastern sector on March 12.
Flanders: 5 raids on British trenches north of Wulverghem (Messines).

Sea War

Italy: Rear-Admiral Mortola First Inspector of Shipping Defence.
North Sea: Norwegian relief ships Storstad torpedoed, Lars Fostenes on March 13.

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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.

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