Diary June 29, 1918

06-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

Two Serbian infantrymen in Salonika in 1918, wearing US M1902 khaki field tunic with Serbian field caps. They have French leather equipment and carry 8mm Lebel 86/93 rifles.

World War One Diary for Saturday, June 29, 1918:

Southern Fronts

Serbia: Franchet d’Esperey visits Serb front with Crown Prince and Field Marshal Misic and decides Serbs will have the main role in future offensive with 2 French divisions attached.
Trentino: Italian Sixth Army recaptures (until June 30) Mt Val bella, Cols del Rosso and d’Echele with 2,087 PoWs, 8 guns and 82 MGs.

Eastern Front

East Siberia: 15,000 Czechs overthrow Vladivostok Soviet.

Middle East

Azerbaijan: Azeri Tartars with Turk troops attack and defeat 8 Armenian battalions (800 casualties) on heights east of Gök-cay (until June 30).

Politics

France: Government recognizes Czech right to independence and National Council as Allied government (Italy also on June 30); President Poincare presents flag to first Czech unit (21st Regiment) on Western Front at Darney (Vosges, June 30).
Germany: Vienna ambassador urges press campaign to prepare for German intervention against Austria’s collapse.

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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.