Diary May 2, 1917

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

The observer saves himself from a hit balloon by parachute.

World War One Diary for Wednesday, May 2, 1917:

Air War

Western Front: From behind BEF barrage hedge-hopping Nieuport fighters destroy 4 German balloons (7 destroyed similarly on May 7 for 2 Nieuports lost). 40 aircraft dogfight east of Arras in which Captain Ball makes the only kill.

Eastern Front

Russia: Alexeiev and Front commanders tell Provisional Government and Petrograd Soviet ‘The Army is on the very brink of ruin’. 2 MILLION DESERTERS IN MARCH AND APRIL.

Sea War

Britain: ‘Then called on Carson at Admiralty … still deeply depressed about submarine war’ C P Scott, Editor Manchester Guardian.
Austria: At breakfast German Admiral Holtzendorff assures Emperor Charles that April U-boat sinkings will be 1 million tons, Empress Zita deplores U-boat war.
Channel: Royal Navy destroyer Derwent sunk by mine (52 lives lost).

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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.

Air War

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Sea War

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