Diary August 22, 1918

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

Austro-Hungarian Army stormtroopers on the Balkan Fronts in 1918.

World War One Diary for Thursday, August 22, 1918:

Southern Fronts

Albania: Last Central Powers’ military success in full swing, regaining Devoli and Semeni river lines.

Western Front

Britain: Haig diary ‘Foch’s strategy is a simple straight forward advance by all troops … to keep the enemy on the move’.
Somme: British Fourth Army (including 66 tanks) recaptures Albert with 18th Division. 1st Australian Division shatters 2 German counter-attacking divisions. Haig tells army commanders ‘It is no longer necessary to advance … step by step’. 32 Allied divisions have beaten 42 German divisions on 47-mile front since August 8.

Sea War

Britain: Battlecruiser Hood launched by John Brown yard on Clyde, completed May 1920.
North Sea: U-boat sinks US Belgian Relief Commission ship Gasconier off Haugusemb in Norwegan waters, kills 6 and wounds others firing on lifeboats.

Air War

Germany: No 104 Squadron loses 7 DH9s over Karlsruhe and Mannheim.

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Kretaner

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.