Diary June 10, 1916

06-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

By 1896 the Italians attempted the first time to conquer Ethiopia from their position Eritrea . This led to the defeat of Adua, the single one of an European colonial power against Africans.

Diary for Saturday, June 10, 1916:

Southern Fronts

Trentino: Eritrea veteran and volunteer General Prestinari killed in command of a militia brigade.
Greece: French occupy Thasos island, northern Aegean, as air base.

Eastern Front

CoS Falkenhayn orders Hindenburg and Ludendorff to send 5 divisions south plus transfer of 4 divisions from Verdun to oppose the Brusilov offensive.

Air War

East Africa: 2 Belgian seaplanes vainly bomb gunboat Graf van Gueten at Kigoma, Lake Tanganyika.

Neutrals

USA: Republicans nominate Charles E Hughes as president candidate.

Home Fronts

New Zealand: Compulsory Service Bill passed.

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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.