Diary August 29, 1916

08-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

Hindenburg and Ludendorff conduct from now on the German war effort.

Diary for Tuesday, August 29, 1916:

Western Front

Germany: FALKENHAYN (German CoS) DISMISSED BY KAISER, REPLACED BY FM HINDENBURG WITH GENERAL LUDENDORFF (1st QMG) AS HIS ASSISTANT.
Battle of the Somme: Since July 1, British have taken 15,469 PoWs, 86 guns and 160 MGs.

Eastern Front

Germany: HINDENBURG CHIEF OF STAFF, LUDENDORFF FIRST QMG (GHQ at Pless until February 1917).
Transylvania: Rumanians occupy evacuated Kronstadt, Petrosani and Kezdiasarhely.

African Fronts

East Africa: NRFF occupies Iringa (760 Germans evacuate on August 27) in Southern Highlands, 250 miles marched since May 25. Hannyngton’s 2nd East African Brigade (1st Division) crosses river Msumbisi in heavy rain.

Neutrals

USA: Army and Navy Appropriation Acts authorize $580 million spending and create Council of National Defense. Marine Corps Reserve created and USMC increased to 15,578 men.

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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.

1 thought on “Diary August 29, 1916”

Michael
August 29, 2021 at 5:47 pm

Despite this USA Army and Navy Appropriation Acts; US military production was almost completely shut down! Laid off gun makers went to work for companies building weapons and munitions for the Allies! Thus most US Troops would fight the War with weapons made or designed for foreign Armies!

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