Diary December 16, 1918

12-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading / By Kretaner

Reich Congress of Workers' and Soldiers' Councils — From 16 to 20 December, the first Reich Congress of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Councils takes place in Berlin, where the SPD party under Ebert succeeds in asserting itself.

World War One Diary for Monday, December 16, 1918:

Home Fronts

Germany: Conference of Workers and Soldiers Councils at Berlin (until December 20), 450 deputies.
Britain: Demobilization scheme for Army and RAF men with jobs to go to. Lard rationing discontinued.

Western Front

Allies complete occupation of Rhine bridgeheads.

Eastern Front

Finland: Last German troops leave.
Baltic States: Hoffmann diary ‘The evacuation [4 divisions on November 11] is becoming very disorderly’..
Urals: Red reverse north of Ekaterinburg.
Siberia: General Janin reaches Omsk but rows with Kolchak and leaves for front on December 20.

Politics

Hungary: Field Marshal Mackensen’s forces from Rumania surrender to Hungarians near Budapest, Field Marshal interned by French until December 1919.
South Africa: Botha arrives in London for Peace Conference.

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.