Year 1918

World War One Diary for Sunday, April 14, 1918: Western Front France: FOCH APPOINTED ALLIED GENERALISSIMO ON WESTERN FRONT. Flanders: 1st Australian Division repels massed charges; a German field gun […]

World War One Diary for Saturday, April 13, 1918: Western Front Flanders – Battle of Bailleul (until April 15): Germans gain less than 1/2 mile vs British 34th and 59th

World War One Diary for Friday, April 12, 1918: Western Front Flanders: German offensive slackens 6 miles from Hazebrouck (until April 16) although Merville falls. British 5th Division arrives from

World War One Diary for Thursday, April 11, 1918: Western Front Flanders: Armentieres falls to Germans and they take Merville. British 25th Division loses Hill 63. Haig’s ‘Backs to the

World War One Diary for Wednesday, April 10, 1918: Western Front Flanders: Germans recapture Messines Ridge. BEF evacuate Armentieres after 8 German Fourth Army divisions attack on 6-mile front, but

World War One Diary for Tuesday, April 9, 1918: Western Front Flanders – LUDENDORFF’S SECOND BLOW, BATTLE OF THE LYS BEGINS (until April 29) (German Georgette offensive against BEF First

World War One Diary for Monday, April 8, 1918: Western Front Flanders: Germans shell whole BEF front including 40,000 mustard shells on Armientieres. Portuguese battalion refuses to march to trenches

World War One Diary for Sunday, April 7, 1918: Eastern Front Finland: Red Guards evacuating Helsinki; German Colonel Brandenstein’s 2000-strong brigade with 8 guns from Revallands unopposed at Lovisa to

World War One Diary for Saturday, April 6, 1918: Home Fronts USA: Third Liberty Loan drive for $3 billions begins, passes $4.1 billions by May 18. Memorial to Private Gresham

World War One Diary for Friday, April 5, 1918: Western Front SECOND BATTLE OF THE SOMME ( Michael Offensive) ENDS: Ancre front stabilized by 4th Australian Division (1,233 casualties) after

World War One Diary for Thursday, April 4, 1918: Western Front FINAL GERMAN EFFORT TOWARD AMIENS (until April 5): Battle of the Avre begins with 15 German divisions vs 7

World War One Diary for Wednesday, April 3, 1918: Eastern Front Finland: 9,445 German soldiers with 18 guns and 165 MGs land at Hango (until April 5). Mannerheim’s final assault

World War One Diary for Tuesday, April 2, 1918: Western Front USA: Pershing agrees to brigade troops with British and French. Artois: British 32nd Division recaptures Ayette south of river

WW2 War Diary for Monday, April 1, 1918: Sea War Atlantic: In April fast US troop convoys begin, transporting 1,037,000 troops for loss of 3 transports; Aquitania carries 60,000 men

World War One Diary for Sunday, March 31, 1918: Western Front Easter Day: Germans claim 75,000 PoWs and c.1m000 guns captured since March 21. German Army peak ration strength 7,917,170

World War One Diary for Saturday, March 30, 1918: Western Front Somme: British, Australian and Canadian troops (including 1,400 cavalry) counter­-attack, recapture most of Moreuil Wood and 3 other woods.

World War One Diary for Friday, March 29, 1918: Home Fronts France: Paris Gun causes 165 civilian casualties in Church of St Gervais. Senate votes 1919 class call up. Britain:

World War One Diary for Thursday, March 28, 1918: Western Front USA: Pershing places AEF units at Foch’s disposal. Artois – FOURTH BATTLE OF ARRAS: Ludendorffs Operation Mars fails bloodily

World War One Diary for Wendesday, March 27, 1918: Western Front Britain: BEF weekly officer casualties record 6,325 since March 21. Somme: ­Turning point in great offensive (by Rupprecht). French

World War One Diary for Tuesday, March 26, 1918: Western Front DOULLENS CONFERENCE between Clemenceau, Lord Milner, Haig, Petain and Foch (all but Haig met at Compiegne at 1700 hours