Diary August 7, 1918

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

World War One Diary for Wednesday, August 7, 1918:

Western Front

Volga: Czechs and Whites capture Kazan from Red First Army whose Colonel Vatsetis just escapes. Red gold reserve moves to Samara. Largest workers rebellion vs Red rule at Izhevsk (arms factory town 150 miles northeast of Kazan, until November 7). Trotsky leaves Moscow in armoured train for Volga.
Kuban: Denikin breaks Reds before Ekaterinodar after week’s fighting.

Middle East

Palestine: Kemal reappointed C-in-C Seventh Army (sees Sultan and Enver for last time on August 9).

Sea War

North Atlantic: French cruiser Dupetit Thouars (13 lost) sunk by U-62 (Hashagen).

Politics

Britain: Lloyd George Commons speech says German high water mark reached, their economic position desperate.

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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.