Diary June 5, 1918

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

A Handley Page bomber is landing. More than 400 were delivered until the end of the war.

World War One Diary for Wednesday, June 5, 1918:

Air War

France: Independent Force formed (officially on June 6) under Trenchard begins operations from Nancy. Organized as 8th Brigade RAF, initially with 4 squadrons (grew to 9); Nos 216 (Handley Pages), 55 (DH4), 99 (arrived May 3) and 100 (F.E.2). Only the Handley Pages and DH4s have strategic range and high performance, but 74 attacks made in June.
Western Front: Germans claim 31 Allied aircraft for loss of 7, air fighting diminishes until June 9.

Western Front

Aisne: THIRD BATTLE OF THE AISNE ENDS with Germans exhausted and overextended in new bulge.

Sea War

Mediterranean: Armed boarding steamer HMS Snaefell sunk by U-boat.

Home Fronts

Hungary: Count Tisza tells Diet Dual Monarchy must be extended (anti-government riots on June 22).
USA: Second Registration adds 750,000 21-year olds to draft list.
Britain: Madsen (US) machine-gun debate in House of Commons. Robertson GOC-in-C Home Forces.

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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.