Diary May 13, 1917

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

Gough, the young ‘thruster’ put in charge of the opening offensive in Flanders.

World War One Diary for Sunday, May 13, 1917:

Western Front

Flanders: General Sir H Gough to command key northern wing of Ypres offensive.
Somme: British gains on ‘Greenland Hill’.
Champagne: German counter-attacks north of Reims and in Maisons de Champagne repulsed.

Eastern Front

Russia: War Minister Guchkov resigns, points out ‘There is a limit (to Army democratization) beyond which disintegration is bound to begin’.

Sea War

U-boat sinks Spanish SS Carmen.

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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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Eastern Front

Sea War

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