Diary August 13, 1918

08-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

Lenin and Stalin at the station. The later Stalinist painting was a fake, as the scene never existed.

World War One Diary for Tuesday, August 13, 1918:

Eastern Front

Volga: Stalin declares state of siege at Tsaritsyn, bourgeoisie to dig trenches.
East Siberia: Czech General Dieterichs appeals for Allied help from Vladivostok.

Sea War

Germany: Behnke replaces Capelle as Minister of Marine (until October 7).
North Sea: Convoy escort armed trawlers depth charge and sink coastal submarine UB-30 off Whitby.
Mediterranean: 17 destroyer-escorted fast storeships from USA have docked at French ports, via Spanish waters, since July 1, 4000t per day discharged by autumn.

Air War

Occupied Belgium: 50 Sopwith Camel fighters (including No 17 US Aero Squadron) surprise Varssenaere airfield west of Bruges, destroy 28-38 aircraft.

Politics

Britain: Government recognizes Czechs as Allied nation, latter declare war on Germany.
Germany: At Spa Hindenburg and Ludendorff, Chancellor and Foreign Minister, agree war cannot be ended militarily.

About The Author

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.