Year 1919

World War One Diary for Tuesday, May 13, 1919: Turkey­: Greek troops land at Smyrna (until May 16) initially to protect Christian population and keep order, but about 20 Turks […]

World War One Diary for Monday, May 12, 1919: Germany: National Assembly meets in Berlin, Chancellor Scheidemann asks ‘What hand would not wither’ if treaty signed. France – Peace Process:

World War One Diary for Sunday, May 11, 1919: Nothing special to report.

World War One Diary for Saturday, May 10, 1919: Britain: Labour Corps recruiting opens for military cemetery work in France (15,445 men by April 1920). Government awards Royal Navy pay

World War One Diary for Friday, May 9, 1919: Britain: 408,491 ex­-servicemen on out-of-work donations.

World War One Diary for Thursday, May 8, 1919: France – Peace Process: German delegation protests vs specific peace terms (also on May 10, 11, 13, about Saar on 16,

World War One Diary for Wednesday, May 7, 1919: France – Peace Process – 7th Plenary Session: draft treaty read by Clemenceau to German delegation at Trianon Palace (Versailles) with

World War One Diary for Tuesday, May 6, 1919: France – Peace Process: 6th Plenary session approves draft peace treaty; Foch, unhappy with French security guarantees, speaks against. Council of

World War One Diary for Monday, May 5, 1919: Russia­: C-in-C Red Army Vatsetis sacks Colonel Kamenev for insubordination on Eastern Front but Lenin reinstate him in command of Eastern

World War One Diary for Sunday, May 4, 1919: France – Peace Process: Supreme Allied Council invites Italians’ return, they do on May 5. Senior US official, probably E House,

World War One Diary for Saturday, May 3, 1919: Ireland: 3 Irish­-American ‘Friends of Irish Freedom’, having lobbied Wilson in Paris, arrive to report (June 3). Britain: Ration book issue

World War One Diary for Friday, May 2, 1919: Germany: ­Hindenburg announces his resignation as Army C-in-C as from peace. Hungary: Allies agree to occupy Budapest. Britain: Admiralty publishes March

World War One Diary for Thursday, May 1, 1919: Germany: Government troops retake Munich from Spartacists after they murder 10 hostages. Reprisals and death sentences (until June 14) raise deaths

World War One Diary for Wednesday, April 30, 1919: Turkey: Kemal Pasha appointed Inspector-General Ninth Army, Anatolia. France – Peace Process: Japan granted Shantung subject to verbal promise of eventual

World War One Diary for Tuesday, April 29, 1919: France – Peace Process: German Foreign Minister Count Graf Brockdorff-Rantzau arrives. Italy: Chamber vindicates Government 382-40. Britain: Labour Minister says 3