Diary January 20, 1917

01-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

Two officers inspect South African infantry in full marching order.

World War One Diary for (day), (Datum):

African Fronts

East Africa: Hoskins succeeds Smuts as British C-in-C. Main and Kilwa Forces only 40 miles apart, Hoskins flies from Kilwa to GHQ in a BE2c. Only 15,000 fit troops against 8,400 Germans with 20 guns and 73 MGs. Smuts sails from Dar-es-Salaam for London.

Eastern Front

Rumania: Germans decide to halt offensive at river Sereth.

Sea War

Eastern Mediterranean: French Salonika-bound transport Admiral Magon (5,566t) sunk by U-39 (Forstmann).

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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.

African Fronts

Eastern Front

Sea War

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