Diary June 30, 1918

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

Arrival of an American troop-transport in a French port.

World War One Diary for Sunday, June 30, 1918:

Western Front

Germany: Total German casualties since March 21 are 894,853 soldiers.
USA: During June 6 US divisions land in France.

Eastern Front

Russia: By now 517,000 Austro-German PoWs repatriated.
Northern Russia: Murmansk Soviet, led by non-Red ex-stoker, approves working with Allies.

Sea War

Allied and neutral shipping losses to U-boats in June: 101 ships (49 British with 453 lives) worth 252,637t (162,990t British including 2 ships mined), U-boat figure 110 ships worth 268,505t including 23 ships worth 58,248t in Mediterranean; 3 U-boats sunk. Lowest monthly tonnage loss since August 1916.

Air War

Britain: In June RAF Nursing Service formed.
Western Front: In June peak French tactical bombing effort in 1918 – 642t (RAF 674t). Germans claim 505 Allied aircraft for loss of 153 during June.

About The Author

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.