Diary December 29, 1916

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

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the controversial commander of the British forces on the Western Front between 1915 and 1918.

World War One Diary for Friday, December 29, 1916:

Western Front

Somme: Haig’s Battle of the Somme Dispatch published, covers BEF operations from May 15 to November 18, 1916. He divides battle into four phases, lists capture of 38,000 PoWs and 125 guns. Haig stresses that fully half German Army engaged and defeated and that British troops (many only partially trained) surpassed all expectations.

Eastern Front

Russia: STAVKA conference until December 31 includes Tsar and all three Front C-in-Cs, Brusilov decides, in principle, to launch 1917 offensive.

Air War

Western Front: Bad weather hampers flying until December 30.

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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.

Western Front

Eastern Front

Air War

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