Diary April 17, 1918

04-1943, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1943 / 1 minute of reading

Specially-prepared positions for Vickers machine-gun teams soemwhere among the Flanderns battlefields.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, April 17, 1918:

Western Front

Germany: Ludendorff orders Aisne attack preparations by German Crown Prince.
Flanders: German offensive renewed but without decisive effect; Wytschaete and Meteren captured.
First Battle of Kemmel Ridge (until April 19): Belgians take 700 PoWs and 42 MGs northwest of Dixmude.
Somme: Heaνy German mustard gas attack on Villers-Bretonneux.

Sea War

North Sea: Dover Patrol monitors Erebus and Terror shell Ostend.
North Atlantic: 4 Royal Navy drifters sink coastal submarine UΒ-82 in Northern Channel.
Adriatic: Italian submarine Η5 sunk in error by HM Submarine Η1.

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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.

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