Diary May 2, 1916

05-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

Crashed German airship in the North Sea. 40 out of a total of 109 German airships are lost during the war.

Diary for Tuesday, May 2, 1916:

Air War

Britain: 8 Zeppelins cause 39 casualties in Yorks, Northumbria and Scotland (night May 2-3); storm wrecks L20 near Stavanger, Norway on return (May 3).

Western Front

Somme: French in planned offensive to be led by Micheler, Petain obvious choice but jealous Joffre will not consider him.

Southern Fronts

Macedonia: French troops occupy Florina 23 miles south of Monastir.

Middle East

Mesopotamia: King’s message to Tigris Corps (new 14th Division formed on May 12), cholera outbreak (shade temperature 115° F).

Secret War

Stotzingen leaves Jerusalem for Arabia, heads for Wejh but only reaches Yanbo (late May) due to Royal Navy blockade.

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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.