Diary March 21, 1917

03-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

US merchant ship 'Illlinois' — Already on March 18, the US merchant ship ‘Illlinois’ was sunk by a German submarine.

World War One Diary for Wednesday, March 21, 1917:

Sea War

North Sea: US tanker Healdton sunk (20 die) by U-boat in Holland safety zone.

Politics

USA: French Military Mission sails for New York.

Occupied Territories

Belgium: German decree partitions country with centres at Brussels and Namur; Flemish official language in West, French in Walloon districts.

Home Fronts

Russia: Ex-Tsar arrested at Mogilev (joins Tsarina at Tsarskoe Selo on March 22).
Austria: Government empowered to seize all supplies and fix prices (likewise in Hungary on March 23).

Western Front

Oise: French Third Army occupies Tergnier on Crozat Canal, fights its way across on March 22.

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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.