Diary January 29, 1918

01-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

Zeppelin Staaken 'Giant' — Five engined Zeppelin Staaken ‘Giant’

World War One Diary for Tuesday, January 29, 1918:

Air War

Britain: Again Moonlight raid on London (20 casualties) by 3 of 4 Giants sent; defences misidentified them as 15 Gothas. Major Murlis Green (No 44 Squadron Commander) attacks R25 (hit 88 times) from close range but discovers new RTS ammo explodes prematurely; 4 other fighters (out of 73 sent up) also attack without success (night January 29-30).

Eastern Front

Ukraine: Red troops take Kiev and Odessa.

Secret War

Switzerland: Enver Pasha and Zahroff hold fruitless talks, former says Kaiser has told him ‘the future of Mesopotamia and Palestine would be decided on the French front’.

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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.

Air War

Eastern Front

Secret War

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