World War One Diary for Thursday, January 17, 1918:
Home Fronts
Austria: Emperor Charles cables Czernin ‘If peace is not made at Brest-Litovks it will be revolution here, no matter how much there is to eat’.
Eastern Front
Ukraine: Red Guard drive on Kiev begins, takes Poltava on January 18.
Sea War
Germany: Light cruiser Koeln II completed at Hamburg, first of projected 10-ship class, only 5 launched and one other, Rostock II completed on March 28.