Diary February 21, 1918

02-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

Join the Tanks — US Tank Corps recruting poster.

World War One Diary for Thursday, February 21, 1918:

Western Front

France: Patton writes from Langres ‘… I get requests … to transfer into tanks nearly daily’.

Eastern Front

USSR: Lenin asks Sverdlov to form Revolutionary Defence Committee against Germans who take Rechitsa west of Gomel.
Don: Kornilov’s 3000-strong Volunteer Army evacuates Rostov in night February 21-22, as several Red columns converge on it.

Middle East

Palestine – Fall of Jericho: Wellington NZ Regiment squadron rides to Dead Sea. British casualties 510 for 144 PoWs and 8 MGs.

Sea War

North Sea: King George V visits Harwich Force (new flagship cruiser Curacoa).
Adriatic: Austrian U-23 sunk by Italian torpedo boat Airone off Valona.

Politics

Germany: Government accepts Finn request for intervention.

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.