Diary January 8, 1915

01-1915, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

Allied propaganda horror stories — The cut-off hands is one of the horror stories that lacks any real background, but was in use for a long time by the Allied propaganda.

War Diary World War One for Friday, January 8, 1915:

Home Fronts

Britain: The Times publishes preliminary report on alleged German atrocities in France.
Tea export ban lifted.
France: Report on alleged Bavarian Vosges atrocities.

Western Front

Aisne – Battle of Soissons (until January 14): after 110-gun shelling for 90 minutes Maunoury storms Hills 132 and 138 by January 10.
Champagne – Second Battle of Perthes: French 34th Division captures village, repulses counter-attack on next day and advances north on January 10.

Eastern Front

Germany: Kaiser overrides Falkenhayn, orders forming of Südarmee (Linsingen’s 3 German divisions plus Austrians = c. 48,000 men) to support Austrian troops.

Middle East

Britain: Kitchener backs Dardanelles attack but offers no troops.

African Fronts

Lake Victoria: British troops occupy Shirati and organize flotilla.

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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.