Diary August 14, 1918

08-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

World War One Diary for Wednesday, August 14, 1918:

Western Front

Germany: Crown Council decides victory in the field now most improbable. LUDENDORFF RECOMMENDS IMMEDIATE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
Somme: Germans evacuating Ancre sector.

Air War

Somme: RAF has flown 700 sorties and dropped 571 bombs on bridges (mainly 112lb) since August 8 without inflicting serious damage. Fonck destroys 3 German aircraft (8 admitted losses for 29 Allied).
Palestine: Nos 144 and 45 Squadrons reinforce RAF.

Politics

Germany: Emperor Charles and Kaiser meet for last time at Spa, Arz warns ‘Austria-Hungary could only continue the war until December’; Austrians plead for peace. Kaiser instructs Hintze to seek Queen of Holland’s mediation but only to aid German recovery.
Britain:Allied Propaganda Conference, at Crewe House, London (until August 17) opened by Northcliffe.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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