Diary January 30, 1918

01-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

What Hindsenburg thinks about strikes — Poster of the German War Office against strikes: ‘What Hindenburg thinks about strikes!’

World War One Diary for Wednesday, January 30, 1918:

Home Front

Germany: Strikes spread to 6 major cities, but leadership divided.

Western Front

BEF now deployed from Houthulst Forest, northeast of Ypres, to Barisis, northwest of Laon.

Eastern Front

Brest-Litovsk: Talks resume on Trotsky’s return.
Russia: White politicians form Constitutional Council at Rostov. Lenin orders 25,000 rifles and 30 MGs for Russian troops in Finland. Royal Navy Air Service Armoured Car Squadron rear party sail from Murmansk (until February 1).

Air War

France: First of 31 Gotha raids on Paris (259 casualties), 267 bombs (14t) dropped by 30 Gothas in 30 minutes (1 shot down).

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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.