Diary September 18, 1917

09-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

Italian soldiers in the trench. The defense facilities in the Isonzo area are not strengthened, as the local authorities consider the site to be too difficult for the expected German-Austrian-Hungarian offensive.

World War One Diary for Tuesday, September 18, 1917:

Southern Fronts

Italy: Cadorna cancels 12th Isonzo offensive and starts defensive preparations, tells Allies this on September 20 who halt guns for the Italians on September 25.
Trentino: Italian battalions take 200 PoWs in Val Sugana but fail in dash for Trento inspired by Czech officer deserters (night September 18-19) at Carzano.

Sea War

Channel: U-boat sinks destroyer HMS Contest (50 survivors).
Mediterranean: British patrol instructions advise limit of 12 ships per convoy with 4 escorts.

Politics

France: Painleve redefines French war aims as Alsace-Lorraine and reparations.

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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.

Southern Fronts

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