09-1918

World War One Diary for Tuesday, September 10, 1918: Home Fronts Germany: Kaiser addresses 1500 Krupp workers on only visit to Essen Gusstahlfabrik and gets no response. Eastern Front Volga: […]

World War One Diary for Monday, September 9, 1918: Western Front Germany: Lieutenant-Colonel Wetzell, strategic adviser at OHL, superseded owing to rows with Ludendorff. Somme: British gain high ground commanding

World War One Diary for Sunday, September 8, 1918: Western Front France: Foch visits King Albert and Haig (who tells Churchill ‘the Allies should aim at getting a decision as

World War One Diary for Saturday, September 7, 1918: Eastern Front USSR: Lenin cables Trotsky ‘Recovery proceeding excellently’. First £12.5 million of war indemnity sent from Moscow. Germans receive at

World War One Diary for Friday, September 6, 1918: Western Front Flanders: GERMAN EVACUATION OF LYS SALIENT COMPLETE. At OHL Conference Hindenburg stresses gravity of situation; Boehn recommends 45-mile retirement

World War One Diary for Thursday, September 5, 1918: Western Front Somme: French Third Army (Humbert) advances on St Quentin from Noyon, retakes Ham on September 6, fights across Crozat

World War One Diary for Wednesday, September 4, 1918: Southern Fronts Britain: Lloyd George approves Macedonia offensive after Guillaumat visits London, latter then visits Rome who approve on September 10.

World War One Diary for Tuesday, September 3, 1918: Western Front France: FOCH GENERAL ORDER SPECIFIES UNREMITTING ATTACKS ALL ALONG THE LINE. Germany: Ludendorff secret order deplores defeatist talk by

World War One Diary for Monday, September 2, 1918: Western Front Artois: CANADIANS STORM DROCOURT-QUEANT ‘SWITCH LINE’ (Wotan sector of Hindenburg Line) in 4 hours from 0500 hours: 1st and

World War One Diary for Sunday, September 1, 1918: Western Front Britain: BEF peak 1918 estimated strength of 1,916,464 soldiers (record 163,635 Canadians). Somme: British 52nd and 57th Divisions finally