Diary November 6, 1916

11-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

German sailors take aim for mines – the U-boats’ most dangerous enemy.

World War One Diary for Monday, November 6, 1916:

Sea War

Black Sea: Coastal submarine UB45 mined off Varna, UC15 also lost to unknown cause in November. UB46 mined off Bosphorus on December 7.
Eastern Mediterranean: UB43 (Mellenthin) torpedoes and sinks P&O a armed liner Arabic (11 crew lost) off Cape Matapan.

Eastern Front

Bukovina: Russian general Lechitski success in two passes south of Dorna Watra against Austrian troops, but Central Power
reinforcements stall the advance.

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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.

Sea War

Eastern Front

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