Diary March 28, 1918

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

The end in the barbed wire – fallen German soldier in a Cheval de frise.

World War One Diary for Thursday, March 28, 1918:

Western Front

USA: Pershing places AEF units at Foch’s disposal.
Artois – FOURTH BATTLE OF ARRAS: Ludendorffs Operation Mars fails bloodily with 9 divisions against 4 to clear northern flank of his ‘bulge’ against British Third Army and Arras itself. Local German attacks towards Amiens gain 3 miles; Germans take Hamel, Mezieres and Demuin, but fail to cut off XIX Corps’ retreat from Rosieres. At 1630 hours Rawlinson replaces Gough (recalled). French counter-attacks recapture 3 villages. Ludendorff orders completion of preparations for reduced Flanders Operation Georgette. In the estimated 8-10 days before (actually 12 days) he orders all efforts be made to secure Amiens. King visits BEF until March 30.

Air War

Western Front: Royal Flying Corps lose 58 planes in low-level operations (7 German planes shot down) dropping 40t bombs and firing 242,000 rounds.

Middle East

Mesopotamia: British armoured cars capture Ana, its radio station and drive 73 miles beyond until March 29.

Sea War

Atlantic: Submarine-cruiser U-157 investigates Spanish liner Infanta Isabel de Bourbon.

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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.