Diary July 3, 1918

07-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

Funeral of Beerdiguing von Sultan Mohammed V — Funeral of Sultan Mohammed V in Istanbul.

World War One Diary for Wednesday, July 3, 1918:

Middle East

Turkey: Death of Sultan Mohammed V aged 73 at Yildiz, brother Mohammed VI succeeds.

Eastern Front

Allied Supreme War Council approve Northern Russia intervention with 1,200 more British troops and French colonial battalion (Allied-Murmansk Soviet defence agreement on July 7).

Air War

Britain: First Sopwith ‘Cuckoo’ torpedo plane delivered to Torpedo Aeroplane School, Scotland for operational training.
Western Front: Hermann Goering takes command of JG1 (at ex-French airfield of Beugneaux, southeast of Soissons, since July 1) with Udet as his aide after commander Reinhard dies in crash. Mannock takes over No 85 Squadron despite flu attack during leave.

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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.

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