Diary May 10, 1917

05-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

General Pershing and Admiral Sims — The US commanders of the army and the navy: General Pershing (left) and Admiral Sims (right).

World War One Diary for Thursday, May 10, 1917:

Western Front

USA: PERSHING APPOINTED C-IN-C AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE (AEF).
France: Ribot cabinet decide to make Petain C-in-C but Nivelle refuses to go on May 11.
Somme: British advance on south bank of river Scarpe.

Sea War

Atlantic: First Allied general trade convoy (trial) sails (16 ships in 3 columns at 6 1/2 kts from Gibraltar with 5 escorts), reaches Plymouth unscathed on May 20 after 8 destroyers meet it 200 miles from Channel (May 18).
North Sea: German battlecruiser Hindenburg (launched August 1, 1915) joins High Seas Fleet.

Home Fronts

Britain: House of Commons secret session on U-boat menace until May 11. Unofficial strikes involve 160,000 engineers (including London bus drivers on May 13) against dilution on private work (until May 24). 8 strike leaders arrested (released on May 23 after Munitions Minister meets shop stewards on May 19).

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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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