Diary February 3, 1916

02-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

The darling of the French public became the ace Georges Guynemer. The circumstances of his death in 1917 are still unclear.

Diary for Thursday, February 3, 1916:

Air War

Western Front: Future French ‘ace’ Guynemer destroys 2 LVGs (his 4th and 5th victories) above Roye, is commissioned to 2nd Lieutenant in March.

Eastern Front

Bukovina: Renewed Russian attack, Lechitski reaches west bank of Dniester (February 8), has more success on February 20.

Neutrals

Rumania: Cereai crop sold to Austro-German syndicate (170,000t exported in February).
Greece: Government recalls reservists from Salonika on February 8; partial mobilization complete on February 14.

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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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