Diary April 8, 1916

04-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

A St Chamond tank is camouflaged in the factory before delivery.

Diary for Saturday, April 8, 1916:

Home Fronts

France: 400 St Chamond tanks ordered by War Ministry. During April Colonel Estienne in command of first assault artillery unit (Schneider tanks) near Marly-le-Roi.

Western Front

Verdun – West bank: French evacuate Bethincourt salient.

Middle East

Armenia: 5,000 Russians (sailed from Novorossiysk in 22 ships on April 5), land near Humurgan.

Sea War

Adriatic: French submarine sinks Austrian transport.

Air War

Western Front: First Fokker Eindecker makes forced landing behind BEF lines; MG interrupter gear salvaged. Aircraft test-flown at CFS Upavon (British Central Flying School) on May 30.
Eastern Front: Russian AA guns drive off German aircraft over Tsar’s review of IX Corps.

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Kretaner

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.