Diary December 20, 1918

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

World War One Diary for Friday, December 20, 1918:

Eastern Front

General Borius’ 1,800 French African troops (156th Colonial Division) land at Odessa. Petlura’s Ukrainians capture Kiev and end Skovopadski’s rule.

Home Fronts

Germany: Hindenburg protests vs Berlin Conference military resolutions. Spartacists raid Vorwärts Berlin office.

Middle East

General Hamelin’s French troops (including 2 battalions of Armenians) occupy Cilicia and Taurus rail tunnels (December 29) from landing at Mersin.
South Persia: c.2,000 men of Bushire Field Force clear Kamarij Pass; German agent Wassmuss still refuses to yield (December 23).

Politics

Serbia: Prime Minister Pasic (since 1912) resigns.

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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.