Year 1919

World War One Diary for Sunday, January 19, 1919: France – PEACE CONFERENCE OPENS at 1530 hours in Quai d’Orsay, Paris, 48 years to day since German Empire’s proclamation at […]

World War One Diary for Friday, January 17, 1919: Baltic States: Rear-Admiral Cowan’s cruiser Caledon and 3 destroyers arrive at Libau, Latvia. Britain: 538,912 troops demobilized so far.

World War One Diary for Thursday, January 16, 1919: Germany: German government signs new Armistice terms at Trier (until February 17); she is to give up many farm implements and

World War One Diary for Wednesday, January 15, 1919: Germany: Hiding Spartacist leaders Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg (body found in canal on June 1) arrested and shot dead in Berlin

World War One Diary for Tuesday, January 14, 1919: Germany: Dortmund rioting. Italy: Nitti’s resignation causes ministerial crisis, Prime Minister Orlando leaves Paris.

World War One Diary for Monday, Jnauary 13, 1919: Germany: Government troops crush Spartacists in Berlin. Arabia: Fakhri Pasha’s starving 16,645 Turk garrison (12 battalions) of Medina finally surrenders holy

World War One Diary for Sunday, January 12, 1919: France: Supreme War Council considers Armistice renewal. Peace Process: Chief representatives discuss Peace Conference procedure, all countries who severed relations with

World War One Diary for Saturday, January 11, 1919: Germany: Cuxhaven ‘Republic’ proclaimed. 3,000 Reichswehr troops enter Berlin after Vorwaerts newspaper offices recaptured (night January 10-11). Italy: Mussolini among band

World War One Diary for Friday, January 10, 1919: France: Foch’s memo on French Rhine frontier sent to Allies. Germany: Radicals seize Bremen declaring Soviet Republic (until February 4). North

World War One Diary for Thursday, January 9, 1919: France: Italian Prime Minister Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino arrive in Paris. Peace Process: French Conference representatives designated; the 5 Allied

World War One Diary for Wednesday, January 8, 1919: Germany: Provisional Government demos as garrison, Socialist People’s Militia and Freikorps reoccupy seized public buildings in Berlin. Armenia: Turk evacuation complete.

World War One Diary for Tuesday, January 7, 1919: France: US President Wilson arrives in Paris. Russia: British force sent to Caucasus. Siberia: 1/9th Hampshire Regiment (1,023 men) relieves 25th

World War One Diary for Monday, January 6, 1919: Germany: SPD politician Gustav Noske made C-in-C Berlin garrison, he encourages the formation of 28 Freikorps nationwide by end January. Yugoslavia:

World War One Diary for Sunday, January 5, 1919: Germany: Spartacist revolutionary workers rise vs Government which they declare deposed at Berlin; 700,000 said to be in protest demo over

World War One Diary for Saturday, January 4, 1919: Baltic States: 2 Royal Navy cruisers and 1 destroyer help Estonian Army smash Red Seventh Army. Estonia appeals arms from Britain

World War One Diary for Friday, January 3, 1919: Britain: Feisal-Weizmann Agreement in London (T E Lawrence present) welcomes Jewish settlement in Palestine. 19,000 soldiers protest at Folkestone over slow

World War One Diary for Thursday, January 2, 1919: Russia: Reds advance on Reval and Riga; Ukraine fighting; White offensive in Caucasus. Danube: Czechs fight Hungarians at Pressburg. Britain: Trenchard

World War One Diary for Wednesday, January 1, 1919: Russia­: According to its C-in-C Red Army has 600,000 rifles for 788,000 men; 8,000 MGs and 1,700 field guns in January.