Diary January 12, 1916

01-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

Max Immelmann, the ‘Eagle of Lille’, one of the first fighter aces, who became a popular hero in Germany.

Diary for Wednesday, January 12, 1916:

Air War

Western Front: Immelmann and Boelcke first German airmen (8 air victories each) to receive Pour le Merite.
Gallipoli: Turco-German Fokker Es (3 recently arrived) shoot down a second RNAS aircraft off Helles (first previous day); last Allied air casualty of campaign in which British dropped 1,155 bombs weighing total 27t.

Western Front

Argonne: German gas attack in Forges sector between river Meuse and the Argonne.

Southern Fronts

Serb Army evacuation to Corfu begins.
Salonika: Special Allied force blows Demi Hissar bridge on river Struma in presence of Greek troops.

Politics

Austro-Montenegrin armistice (until January 20), broken off.

Home Fronts

Germany: Liebknecht expelled from SPD in Reichstag.
Canada: Parliament votes for $250m war credit and 25% profits tax (debate until May 18).

About The Author

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.