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Western Front Time Zone


mikereme

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Hello Everyone,

 

During the Great War...where the British/Allies working off the same Times zone we use to this day i.e. Europen Time +1 hour in front of GMT when they were in Belgium/France... 

 

If they did work on GMT then and the german work on +1 hour this makes it very interesting for my research...e.g time of attack 0230hrs british time but 0330hrs german attack would this be correct during this period?

 

I thank you in anticipation.

 

 

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The time used by the Germans and the Allies  varied during the war, at some points both armies used the same time and at others there was a time difference. The dates and differences are usually stated at the being of the OH volumes.

Charlie

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_France Time in France Wikipedia

 

During WW1,  time In France was  generally the same as GMT, but there was daylight saving time from 1916, and there may have been differences then.

 

France DST 1916, with links to other years. Germany DST 1916, with links to other years. UK DST 1916, with links to other years. timeanddate.com

 

Cheers

Maureen

 

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15 minutes ago, Maureene said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_France Time in France Wikipedia

 

During WW1,  time In France was  generally the same as GMT, but there was daylight saving time from 1916, and there may have been differences then.

 

France DST 1916, with links to other years. Germany DST 1916, with links to other years. UK DST 1916, with links to other years. timeanddate.com

 

Cheers

Maureen

 

hI maureene, great thank you

17 minutes ago, charlie2 said:

The time used by the Germans and the Allies  varied during the war, at some points both armies used the same time and at others there was a time difference. The dates and differences are usually stated at the being of the OH volumes.

Charlie

Cheers buddy

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Occupied areas of France were on German time, otherwise France was on GMT (or GMT+1 when summertime was in force).  Similarly in the Second World War it was only after German occupation that they moved to GMT+1 as standard (GMT+2 for summertime), and for some reason never switched back after the war.

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16 hours ago, David_Underdown said:

Occupied areas of France were on German time, otherwise France was on GMT (or GMT+1 when summertime was in force).  Similarly in the Second World War it was only after German occupation that they moved to GMT+1 as standard (GMT+2 for summertime), and for some reason never switched back after the war.

cheers david

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