Diary February 12, 1918

02-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

Turkish Mountain Ski Troops in the Caucasus.

World War One Diary for Tuesday, February 12, 1918:

Middle East

Armenia: Turk Offensive (45,000-50,000 in 8 divisions with 160 guns) begins with taking Cardakli on Zara-Sivas road and advance to Erzincan (February 14). Colonel Morel’s 2,000 Armenians with 6 guns make epic retreat to Erzerum (February 14-25).

Eastern Front

Southern Russia: Reds capture two points on Novorossiisk-Tsaritsyn railway and defeat Polish Corps at Rogachev.

Sea War

Eastern Atlantic: U-89 rammed and sunk off Malin Head (North Ireland) with all hands by British cruiser Roxburgh (night February 12-13).

Air War

Germany: 12 DH4s of No 55 Squadron bomb railways and barracks at Offenburg (Baden).
Salonika: 20 Royal Flying Corps bombers burn out Cestovo ammo dump.

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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.