Hello Inuit Panda readers. I have been neglecting you in favour of my First World War blog. If you are interested in such things, here are links to my posts there in July:1/7/1916 Carnage on the Somme
2/7/1916 The Somme: counting the cost, planning the next steps
2/7/1916 Baranovichi: a Russian attempt to smash the Germans
3/7/1916 The Somme: a failed night attack
6/7/1916 The Somme: piecemeal Allied attacks continue
8/7/1916 The horror of the Somme comes home to Britain
9/7/1916 The battle for Mecca
10/7/1916 Italian mine war in the Dolomites
11/7/1916 Verdun: Knobelsdorf’s last throw of the dice
11/7/1916 Italy explodes its mine under the Austro-Hungarian Castelletto
12/7/1916 Verdun: the furthest German advance
12/7/1916 Austria’s brutal vengeance: the execution of Cesare Battisti
14/7/1916 The Somme: Rawlinson sends in the cavalry
15/7/1916 Verdun: the French push back
16/7/1916 Britain sends Egyptian help to the Arab Revolt
19/7/1916 Australian disaster at Fromelles
20/7/1916 The Somme: Britain and France go their own way
22/7/1916 Exit Sazonov
23/7/1916 The Somme: British attacks fail but Australian troops seize Pozières
24/7/2016 Pozières: Germany strikes back
25/7/1916 Brusilov’s offensive begins to slow down, Evert’s continues to fail
27/7/1916 As the Somme grinds on, politicians become restless but Haig remains confident
27/7/1916 Germany executes Captain Fryatt
28/7/1916 The Dada Manifesto and the Cabaret Voltaire
30/7/1916 The Black Tom explosion
30/7/1916 The Somme: new German tactics
image source:
Reconstructed image of British soldiers advancing from The Battle of the Somme (1916) (The History Learning Site)
