Diary March 29, 1916

03-1916, Diary WWI, Year 1916 / 1 minute of reading

The Russian Royal Family: Tsar and Tsarina in the arms of their presiding evil genius Rasputin.

Diary for Wednesday, March 29, 1916:

Home Fronts

Russia: Reforming War Minister General Polivanov resigns after Tsarina and Rasputin’s intrigues; General Shuvaev succeeds.
Japan: War Minister Lieutenant General Oka resigns, Lieutenant General Oshima succeeds following day.

Western Front

Verdun – west bank: 2 French regiments recapture the southeast corner of Avocourt Wood and Avocourt Redoubt (lost on March 23) and repulse counter-attack, but Germans reach Malancourt.

Southern Fronts

Isonzo: Italian VII Corps gains some ground at Selz (Carso).

Middle East

Mesopotamia: Gorringe postpones Hanna assault from April 1 to April 4 to get 3 extra planes.

Air War

Eastern Front: German airship LZ86 raids Minsk (and on April 2).
Western Front: 9 Anglo-German air combats (1 aircraft forced down on each side); 7 combats on March 30 (3 Royal Flying Corps aircraft lost) and 13 combats on March 31 (2 Fokker Es hit).

Politics

Britain: Government rescinds London Declaration article 19, ships sailing to non-blockaded ports no longer immune.

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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.