Diary April 5, 1917
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 12Â-mile front. Aisne: German raiding party
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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
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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
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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
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World War One Diary for Saturday, March 31, 1917: Sea War For March Allied shipping losses 556,775t or 310 ships (German official figures 564,497t or 281 Allied ships including 61,917t
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World War One Diary for Friday, March 30, 1917: Middle East Mesopotamia: British Cavalry Division occupies Delli Abbas, Keary occupies Jebel Hamrin (March 31). Palestine: War Cabinet telegram makes Jerusalem
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World War One Diary for Thursday, March 29, 1917: Air War Western Front: Richthofen scores 4 victories (total 10 in March). Middle East Mesopotamia – Action of Duqma (‘the burning
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World War One Diary for Wednesday, March 28, 1917: Air War Macedonia: 10 KG 1 bombers attempt raid on Snievche airfield (No 47 Squadron Royal Flying Corps) but are intercepted
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World War One Diary for Tuesday, March 27, 1917: Sea War Germany: Long-range ocean U-cruiser Flotilla formed with U-155; 5 boats by September 22. In or outside prohibited zones ships
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World War One Diary for Monday, March 26, 1917: Palestine – First Battle of Gaza (until March 27): Dobell’s British Eastern Force (39,000 men and 136 guns against 16,000 Turks
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World War One Diary for Sunday, March 25, 1917: Air War Western Front: Bishop gains first of 72 victories. Only one of 6 Sopwith two-seater (No 70 Squadron) survive reconnaissance
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World War One Diary for Saturday, March 24, 1917: Eastern Front Russia – Russian Army proclaims loyalty to Provisional Government: Junior officer writes ‘There was a gulf between the troops
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World War One Diary for Friday, March 23, 1917: Western Front Germans flood Oise valley and La Fare (French near suburbs on March 24). Nivelle confesses to King Albert that
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World War One Diary for Thursday, March 22, 1917: Politics Russia: USA as first, Allies and Switzerland recognize Russian Provisional Government. Air War Eastern Front: German aircraft shoots down Russian
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