Diary WWI

World War One Diary for Wednesday, March 19, 1919: France – Peace Process: German Navy to be limited to 36 ships. Supreme War Council orders Poles and Ruthenians to stop […]

World War One Diary for Tuesday, March 18, 1919: Baltic States: Goltz’s Latvians and German troops retake Mitau, find many hostages massacred by Reds in citadel, but offensive halts on

World War One Diary for Monday, March 17, 1919: France – Peace Process: Baltic States and Ukraine demand recognition. Baltic States: German troops take Bausk from the Reds, Latvia. North

World War One Diary for Sunday, March 16, 1919: Nothing to report.

World War One Diary for Saturday, March 15, 1919: Russia: Kolchak Whites take Ufa, Ossa and Birsk. Around this date Red Cheka chief Dzerzhinskyalso made Interior Commissar. Austria: ­Coalition Government

World War One Diary for Friday, March 14, 1919: France: Britain and USA offer French Government defence treaties in lieu of Rhineland Republic on West bank. Clemenceau asks for guarantees,

World War One Diary for Thursday, March 13, 1919: Germany: Some cities restricted to 2 lb potatoes per week, only 45% of food home-grown. At Brussels Allies agree to supply

World War One Diary for Wednesday, March 12, 1919: France – Peace Process Air Commission appointed. Egypt: Allenby leaves Cairo for Paris. Russia: Final Soviet concessions to US diplomat William

World War One Diary for Tuesday, March 11, 1919: Nothing to report.

World War One Diary for Monday, March 10, 1919: Germany: Army to be limited to 100,000 volunteers, Navy to 15,000. Baltic States: Latvian and German troops retake Tukkum. South Russia­:

World War One Diary for Sunday, March 9, 1919: Nothing to report.

World War One Diary for Saturday, March 8, 1919: France – Peace Process: Belgian report demands 1839 Treaty neutrality revision. Germany: ­General Plumer cables Lloyd George urging Rhineland food relief.

World War One Diary for Friday, March 7, 1919: Britain: Record of 790,521 civilians receive out-of-work donations.

World War One Diary for Thursday, March 6, 1919: Britain: Board of Trade announces 1.2 million women added to work force by the war. Germany: Allied German Spa food relief

World War One Diary for Wednesday, March 5, 1919: France – Peace Process: Montenegrin claims heard. Meat control ended (milk also on March 22). Britain: Labour Party demands conscription’s abolition.

World War One Diary for Tuesday, March 4, 1919: Siberia: Kolchak’s White ‘Ufa’ Offensive begins on 700­-mile front, advances up to 250 miles in 8 weeks taking 115,000 square miles

World War One Diary for Monday, March 3, 1919: Germany: More Berlin fighting kills c.1500 (until March 14), Communist-called general strike (March 3-6). Galicia: ­Ukrainians bombard Lemberg. Austria: Emperor Charles

World War One Diary for Sunday, March 2, 1919: Germany­: Lettow-Vorbeck and his 100­-odd Ostafrikaners march in triumph through the Brandenburg Gate. Britain: Margarine unrationed.

World War One Diary for Saturday, March 1, 1919: During March Spanish influenza pandemic severe. British, French, US, German and Austrian wat losses published. In March Allies decide on Victory

World War One Diary for Friday, February 28, 1919: Italy: War losses published. France – Peace Process: Russian ‘Prinkipo’ conference not to be held. Blockade of Bulgaria ends. USA: Lord