World War One Diary for Tuesday, February 13, 1917: Home Fronts France: Mata Hari arrested in Paris. Western Front Artois: British trench raid northeast of Arras (40 PaWs). African Fronts […]
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World War One Diary for Monday, February 12, 1917: Politics Austria: Emperor Charles meets Kaiser Wilhelm II at Vienna and refuses to break relations with USA. Western Front Somme: Successful
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World War One Diary for Sunday, February 11, 1917: Air War Western Front – First successful night aircraft vs aircraft combat: Germans Peter and Frohwein in DFW CV destroy 2
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World War One Diary for Saturday, February 10, 1917: Middle East Mesopotamia: 60-pounder battery severs Turk Shumran Bridge at 9,600 yards range and forces it West. Western Front Somme: British
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World War One Diary for Friday, February 9, 1917: Western Front Somme – Operation Alberich: Germans begin demolitions with programmed removal of material and civilians between Hindenburg Line and actual
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World War One Diary for Thursday, February 8, 1917: Sea War Adriatic: Grand Admiral Baron Anton von Haus, C-in-C Austrian Fleet dies of lung disease aboard flagship Viribus Unitis aged
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World War One Diary for Wednesday, February 7, 1917: Home Fronts Russia: 125,000 in Moscow and Petrograd political strikes (20 leaders arrested February 10-11). Britain: King opens Parliament. Petrol licence
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World War One Diary for Tuesday, February 6, 1917: Home Fronts Germany: Ludendorff orders halt on all new factories (excluding nitrate plants) not completable by May. Western Front Somme: British
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World War One Diary for Monday, February 5, 1917: Home Fronts Britain: National Service volunteer scheme begins enrolling 18-61 year olds (100,000 by March 3, including 15,000 women in 3
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World War One Diary for Sunday, February 4, 1917: Western Front Germany: KAISER SIGNS ORDER FOR RETIREMENT TO SIEGFRIED STELLUNG (Operation Alberich ). Whole zone between existing fighting front and
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World War One Diary for Saturday, February 3, 1942: Sea War Eastern Atlantic: U-53 sinks US grainship Housatonic off Scilly Islands, British ship rescues the crew. Adriatic: Duke of Abruzzi
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World War One Diary for Friday, February 2, 1917: Home Fronts Britain: Food Controller appeals for voluntary weekly rationing (London February meat consumption falls 15%). Germany: U-boat workers, railway men
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World War One Diary for Thursday, February 1, 1917: Sea War GERMANY BEGINS FINAL UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE CAMPAIGN: 105 UÂ-boats in service (42 under repair, 51 lost to date –
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