04-1917

World War One Diary for Tuesday, April 10, 1917: Western Front Artois: Canadian troops (7,707 casualties on April 9-10) clear Vimy Ridge with fall of tough Hill 145. German reserves […]

World War One Diary for Monday, April 9, 1917: Western Front Easter Monday; Artois: ­BATTLES OF ARRAS (until May 16) begin at 0530 hours in bitter cold and sleet on

World War One Diary for Sunday, April 8, 1917: Secret War Germany: Lenin with 19 to 20 Bolsheviks begin ‘sealed train’ journey from Switzerland to Petrograd (until April 16) via

World War One Diary for Saturday, April 7, 1917: Air War Western Front: Second Lieutenant Ball returns (to 56 Squadron) after teaching pilots in England. Richthofen’s 5 Albatros DIIIs shoots

World War One Diary for Friday, April 6, 1917: Politics USA DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY at 1300 hours, (House so votes 373 to 50) and seizes 87 German ships in

World War One Diary for Thursday, April 5, 1917: Air War Western Front: Royal Flying Corps at Arras bombing starts with attacks against kite balloons (only 5 destroyed until April

World War One Diary for Wednesday, April 4, 1917: Western Front Artois: BEF 2,000-gun Arras barrage begins including gas shells, wreaks great destruction on 12­-mile front. Aisne: German raiding party

World War One Diary for Tuesday, April 3, 1917: Air War Mesopotamia: Royal Flying Corps BE2c damaged by German Fokker E (9 aircraft newly arrived). Another BE2c (flown since November

World War One Diary for Monday, April 2, 1917: Politics USA: President Wilson‘s war message to Congress ‘The world must be made safe for democracy’. Britain: US and British flags

World War One Diary for Sunday, April 1, 1917: Air War Western Front – ‘BLOODY APRIL‘: Richthofen’s ‘Flying Circus’ rules the skies. Only the exploits of Collishaw, Dallas, Little and