Diary December 16, 1916

12-1916, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

The commander of the German Fifth Army at Verdun, Crown Prince Wilhelm, talking to a stretcher-bearer.

World War One Diary for Saturday, December 16, 1916:

Western Front

Verdun: French 133rd Division (Passaga) recaptures Bezonvaux and Hardaumont. German counter-attack regains Les Chambrettes Farm on December 17.

Eastern Front

Pripet: Russian positions between Kovel and Lutsk captured (restored on December 18).
Dobruja: Sakharov retreats north on Braila (until December 20).

Southern Fronts

Greece: Greek Army begins evacuation of Thessaly under Allied supervision (Anglo-French control officers).

Home Fronts

Rumania: Bratianu forms Coalition Goverment, Ionescu joins on December 25.

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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.