Diary March 18, 1918

03-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

Hindenburg and Ludendorff at the map table.

World War One Diary for Monday, March 18, 1918:

Western Front

Germany: Hindenburg and Ludendorff moved forward HQ from Spa to Avesnes.
Britain: British and Portuguese trench raids. Churchill visits front until March 22.
Yser: Belgians (1,800 casualties) repulse heavy local attacks at three points and one east of Nieuport (March 30).

Eastern Front

Allies refuse to recognize Brest-Litovsk Treaty. Czech Legion begins rail journey east but stopped at Penza by Soviet troops on March 22.

Air War

Western Front – Air ‘Battle of Le Cateau’: Richthofen leads 30 fighters (among up to 50 German) vs 29 Royal Flying Corps aircraft, destroying 9 for 1 Albatros fighter. Germans claim total of 28 Allied aircraft for loss of 7.

Politics

Allies refuse to recognize German treaties with Russia and Rumania.

Neutrals

Holland: Government accepts Allied ultimatum with reservations. Allies repeat it on March 19 and US Navy seizes 40 Dutch ships in her ports (March 20, full compensation to be given; 3000 sailors repatriated in July). Britain does likewise on March 21.

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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.