Diary April 4, 1918
World War One Diary for Thursday, April 4, 1918: Western Front FINAL GERMAN EFFORT TOWARD AMIENS (until April 5): Battle of the Avre begins with 15 German divisions vs 7 […]
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World War One Diary for Thursday, April 4, 1918: Western Front FINAL GERMAN EFFORT TOWARD AMIENS (until April 5): Battle of the Avre begins with 15 German divisions vs 7 […]
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World War One Diary for Wednesday, April 3, 1918: Eastern Front Finland: 9,445 German soldiers with 18 guns and 165 MGs land at Hango (until April 5). Mannerheim’s final assault
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World War One Diary for Tuesday, April 2, 1918: Western Front USA: Pershing agrees to brigade troops with British and French. Artois: British 32nd Division recaptures Ayette south of river
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WW2 War Diary for Monday, April 1, 1918: Sea War Atlantic: In April fast US troop convoys begin, transporting 1,037,000 troops for loss of 3 transports; Aquitania carries 60,000 men
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World War One Diary for Sunday, March 31, 1918: Western Front Easter Day: Germans claim 75,000 PoWs and c.1m000 guns captured since March 21. German Army peak ration strength 7,917,170
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World War One Diary for Saturday, March 30, 1918: Western Front Somme: British, Australian and Canadian troops (including 1,400 cavalry) counterÂ-attack, recapture most of Moreuil Wood and 3 other woods.
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World War One Diary for Friday, March 29, 1918: Home Fronts France: Paris Gun causes 165 civilian casualties in Church of St Gervais. Senate votes 1919 class call up. Britain:
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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
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World War One Diary for Wendesday, March 27, 1918: Western Front Britain: BEF weekly officer casualties record 6,325 since March 21. Somme: ÂTurning point in great offensive (by Rupprecht). French
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World War One Diary for Tuesday, March 26, 1918: Western Front DOULLENS CONFERENCE between Clemenceau, Lord Milner, Haig, Petain and Foch (all but Haig met at Compiegne at 1700 hours
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World War One Diary for Monday, March 25, 1918: Western Front Somme: A gap opens between BEF and French Armies. Germans capture Bapaume, Nesle and Noyon. Gough’s Fifth Army pushed
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World War One Diary for Sunday, March 24, 1918: Western Front Somme: First Battle of Bapaume (until March 25). Separation of BEF and French Armies threatened. Germans destroy 500-strong South
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World War One Diary for Saturday, March 23, 1918: Western Front Somme – Battle of St Quentin ends. British lose line of Crozat Canal: Gough decides to continue retreat to
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World War One Diary for Friday, March 22, 1918: Western Front Somme – GERMANS OVERRUN MOST OF BEF BATILE ZONE. Masses of infantry advance; Germans ‘leapfrog’ fresh divisions through tired
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World War One Diary for Thursday, March 21, 1918: Western Front Somme – SECOND BATTLE OF THE SOMME AND GERMAN SPRING OFFENÂSIVE begins: German Michael Offensive (or ‘Kaiser Battle’) (until
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