Year 1918

World War One Diary for Wednesday, December 11, 1918: Eastern Front Mannerheim elected Regent of Finland (returns to Helsinki in triumph on December 22, white ‘Mannerheim’ bread comes from Allies). […]

World War One Diary for Tuesday, December 10, 1918: Western Front President Poincare and Prime Minster Clemenceau enter Mulhouse, Alsace. AEF occupies West bank of Rhine from Andernach to Rolandseck

World War One Diary for Monday, December 9, 1918: Western Front German delegates for renewal of Armistice (Erzberger, Oberndorff and Vanselow) leave Berlin for Trier. King George V at Zeebrugge;

World War One Diary for Sunday, December 8, 1918: Western Front British 1st Cavalry Division reaches Rhine on broad front and secures crossings. AEF enters Koblenz. Petain ceremonially created Marshal

World War One Diary for Saturday, December 7, 1918: Middle East Armenia: Turk evacuation complete to 1877 frontier. Politics Bukovina: Deputation arrives at Jassy to pursue union with Rumania. Home

World War One Diary for Friday, December 6, 1918: Western Front Cologne entered by British 2nd Cavalry brigade and armoured cars. City designated headquarter Allied Occupation Zone 3. Local authorities

World War One Diary for Thursday, December 5, 1918: Southern Fronts Balkans: War Office informs General Milne that British forces remain under Franchet d’Esperey’s general control excluding troops sent to

World War One Diary for Wednesday, December 4, 1918: Politics Yugoslavia: National Council proclaims union of all Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. USA: President Wilson sails for France. Poland: Ultimatum for

World War One Diary for Tuesday, December 3, 1918: Eastern Front South Russia: Red Army takes Valuiki. Sea War North Sea: Harwich Force detaches cruisers Centaur and Coventry for Baltic

World War One Diary for Monday, December 2, 1918: Home Fronts USA: Wilson tells Congress he is going to Europe. Britain: Iron and steel subsidies’ I removal for 1919 announced.

World War One Diary for Sunday, December 1, 1918: Western Front BEF and AEF cross pre-1870 German frontier: British Second Army (11 divisions plus 1st Cavalry Division) cross between Oudler

World War One Diary for Saturday, November 30, 1918: Eastern Front USSR: Soviet Central Executive Committee establishes Council of Defence (Lenin chairmen, Trotsky, Stalin and Sverdlov) and War Production Comittee.

World War One Diary for Friday, November 29, 1918: Home Fronts Germany: King of Wurttemberg abdicates. Ebert Government decides to convene National Assembly in February 16, 1919. Britain: Lloyd George

World War One Diary for Thursday, November 28, 1918: Politics Germany: Bavaria severs relations with Berlin (threatened November 26). Kaiser signs formal abdication (document brought by Government delegation) as Emperor

World War One Diary for Wednesday, November 27, 1918: Home Fronts Britain: Asquith E Fife speech (Huddersfield November 28). General demobilization not yet possible, ‘pivotal men’ to be released in

World War One Diary for Tuesday, November 26, 1918: Western Front Last German troops recross Belgian frontier; French cross German frontier. Lieutenant-General Fergusson appointed British Military Governor of Cologne. Foch

World War One Diary for Monday, November 25, 1918: Africa East Africa: LETTOW enters Abercorn and SURRENDERS in hollow square to Brigade-General Edwards. German force comprises Gouverneur Schnee; 20 officers;

World War One Diary for Sunday, November 24, 1918: Home Fronts Italy: D’Annunzio in Corriere delle Sera first refers to ‘mutilated victory’. Western Front BEF AND AEF REACH GERMAN FRONTIER.

World War One Diary for Saturday, November 23, 1918: Southern Fronts Austria: Italians occupy Innsbruck and Landeck (Tyrol). Western Front BEF GHQ lays down guidelines for Cologne bridgehead ‘… Tactical

World War One Diary for Friday, November 22, 1918: Western Front Belgium: Procession of King of the Belgians into Brussels where Parliament receives him. BEF composite bn of English (29th