Diary March 9, 1917

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

The Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 is a single-seat fighter with a monosoupape Gnome pusher engine.

World War One Diary for Friday, March 9, 1917:

Air War

Western Front: Richthofen (petrol tank and engine hit) leads fighters that shoot down 4 of 9 No 40 Squadron’s FE8s.

Middle East

Mesopotamia: Gertrude Bell letter to father ‘That’s the end of the German dream of domination in the Near [Middle] East … their place is not going to be in the sun’. Captain Reid’s 100 men cross river Diyala and repel sic Turk attacks (Reid gains Victoria Cross). South of Tigris Turks forced back to inner line.
Persia: Turk XIII Corps reaches Karind. Russians invite Persian Government to repossess reoccupied towns, Baratov reoccupies Kermanshah (March 11) and Karind (March 17).

Home Fronts

Germany: Ludendorff warns War Minister and Chancellor home front having an ‘unhealthy influence upon the moral of the Army’.
France: GQG, persuaded by Estienne, orders 1,000 Renault FT-17 light tanks. Prototype tested on March 14, order approved April 10.

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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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