Diary June 26, 1918

06-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

Women harvesting the potato crop in place of their menfolk who had gone to the front.

World War One Diary for Wednesday, June 26, 1918:

Home Fronts

Britain: London Labour Conference (until June 28) ends political truce. Prime Minister appeals to women to help harvest.
USA: Sugar rationing, 3lb per head per month (reduced to 2lb on July 26).
Germany: Ludendorff angrily rejects Colonel Thaer’s idea that he be Chancellor or dictator.

Sea War

North Sea: British Harwich shore-controlled minefield sinks UC-11.

Air War

Germany: 11 of 20 DHs (1 DH4, 2 DH9s lost) attack factories and railways at Karlsruhe; a DH9 of No 104 Squadron loses its way, violates Swiss border and is brought down by anti-aircraft fire (crew interned). 3 Handley Pages bomb Mannheim, Saarbruecken and Boulay airfields (night June 26-27).

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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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Sea War

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