Diary May 30, 1917

05-1917, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1917 / 1 minute of reading

A French freighter sinks after the attack of a German U-boat.

World War One Diary for Wednesday, May 30, 1917:

Sea War

Allied and neutral shipping losses: 285 ships of 589,603t (German U-boat official history figure 616,316t including 170,626t in Mediterranean). Record of 7 U-boats lost, only 5 comissioned. UC-65 (O Steinbrinck) has sunk 72,311t and damaged 51,452t since February 1. 63 Q-ships operating in Home Waters.

Western Front

Champagne: Heavy German attacks on Moronvilliers Massif fail (until May 31).

Secret War

Britain: During May Room 40 finally incorporated into Admiralty Naval Intelligence Division as Section 25 under Commander William ‘Bubbles’ James.

Home Fronts

Austria: Reichsrat meets for first time since March 1914; Polish representatives declare for independence, Serbs, Croats and Slovenes form ‘Yugoslav Parliamentary Club’.

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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.