Diary January 15, 1916

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

Germany nursing her latest offspring, a submarine, while the Kaiser and Admiral Tirpitz smile down benignly from their portraits.

Diary for Saturday, January 15, 1916:

Sea War

Germany: Chief of Navy Staff Holtzendorff claims new U-boats can put Britain out of war in 6-7 months, pressing Kaiser on January 24.
North Sea: Dover Patrol monitors shell Westeinde, Belgium (and on January 27).

Eastern Front

Pripet: Russian progress on river Styr south of Pinsk.

Middle East

‘Balkan Express’ rail link between Turkey and Germany opens.
Mesopotamia – Kut: Goltz inspects siege lines.

Neutrals

USA: Papen papers published including cheque book payments to German agents.
Switzerland: Two Swiss colonels charged with reporting to Austro-German military attaches (acquitted on February 29).

Home Fronts

Turkey: Kemal rides in triumph into Adrianople.

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.