Diary December 19, 1918

12-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

Douglas Haig 1916 — On this picture from 1916 Douglas Haig (right) can be seen with Joffre, the French President Poincare, King George V and Foch.

World War One Diary for Thursday, December 19, 1918:

Home Fronts

Britain: Haig and his 5 army commanders return to London. Sir E Geddes made Coordinator for Army demobilization. Military gratuities scale issued (Navy’s on December 24).
Czechoslovakia: 8 hour day, 48 hour week introduced.

Western Front

Holland – The ‘Limburg Passage’: Dutch Foreign Minister Van Karnebeek reports to Parliament that 70,300 German soldiers have passed through South Holland since Armistice; disarming procedures strictly observed; baggage searched for war material; no consultation with German authorities, only unit commanders in transit.
Britain: Haig, CoS Lieutenant-General Lawrence and five Army commanders receive official welcome home in London.

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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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