Year 1919

World War One Diary for Friday, February 7, 1919: France – Peace Process: Special Commission on German Materials of War and Disarma­ment formed. Italy’s claims heard. Baltic States: Reds cleared […]

World War One Diary for Thursday, February 6, 1919: Germany: National Assembly opens at Weimar. France: Allied-German Agreement on food supplies. Emir Feisal heard at Peace Conference. Britain: Trade allowed

World War One Diary for Wednesday, February 5, 1919: Germany – Aviation: First sustained daily air passenger service begun by Deutsche Luft-Reederei using converted military biplanes between Berlin and Weimar

World War One Diary for Tuesday, February 4, 1919: Britain: London waiters strike (until February 10) for 8-hour day and tipping reform fails. Canadian Prime Minister Sir R Borden opens

World War One Diary for Monday, February 3, 1919: France – Peace Process: Venizelos presents Greece’s Smyrna claims in Turkey (until February 4). League of Nations Committee first meets. Sugar

World War One Diary for Sunday, February 2, 1919: Britain: Michael Collins helps Sinn Fein leader de Valera escape from Lincoln prison. The other Sinn Fein prisoners released March 6-10.

World War One Diary for Saturday, February 1, 1919: Baltic States: Estonians retake Verro and Walk in Livonia. Latvians retake Shavli. German General Goltz arrives at Libau. Russia­: In February

World War One Diary for Friday, January 31, 1919: Baltic Provinces: Red Army occupies Windau (until February 1), 40 miles north of Libau. South Russia­: General Wrangel of 1st Cavalry

World War One Diary for Thursday, January 30, 1919: France – Peace Process: – Supreme Council adopts mandate system, provisional arrange­ments for German colonies and occupied Anatolia. Weizmann tells Colonel

World War One Diary for Wednesday, January 29, 1919: Urals: Red First Army takes Uralsk, disorganizing Orenburg and Ural Cossacks. Siberia: General Knox cables regarding ‘Prinkipo Proposal’, ‘suddenly the whole

World War One Diary for Tuesday, January 28, 1919: France – Peace Process: French government presents Togo and Cameroons claims.

World War One Diary for Monday, January 27, 1919: Russia: Death of General Ivanov (ex-Tsarist Southwest Front commander 1914­-16) of typhus, aged 67. 2nd Czech Division’s evacuation ordered. France –

World War One Diary for Sunday, January 26, 1919: Germany – Bavaria: Eisner wins only 3 of 160 seats in elections as law and order breaks down. Russia: Petrograd Red

World War One Diary for Saturday, January 25, 1919: France – Peace Process: League of Nations recognized as part of Peace Treaty and eight international committees formed in second Plenary

World War One Diary for Friday, January 24, 1919: France: Peace Conference appoints Arms Control Commission for Germany; Supreme War Council fixes occupation army strengths. Russia: Ukraine and Estonian representatives

World War One Diary for Thursday, January 23, 1919: Germany: Election results give Social Democrats majority (163 deputies). Britain­: 150,000 miners begin strike for shorter working week.

World War One Diary for Wednesday, January 22, 1919: France: Peace Conference approves Wilson’s fruitless ‘Prinkipo proposal’ (by radio) to get Russian parties to meet on Sea of Marmara Island

World War One Diary for Tuesday, January 21, 1919: Ireland: Sinn Fein Dublin Congress of Members of Parliament (except 36 in prison) convenes first Dail (Parliament) and declares Ireland independent;

World War One Diary for Monday, January 20, 1919: Russia­: Denikin’s Whites take Piatigorsk (capital North Caucasus SSR), Kislovodsk and Georgievsk (January 22). General Milne visits Tiflis (HQ British 27th

World War One Diary for Sunday, January 19, 1919: Germany: National Assembly elections (30 million of 35 million over 20 years vote) for 421 deputies. North Russia: Red Sixth Army