Diary May 7, 1918

05-1918, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1918 / 1 minute of reading

World War One Diary for Tuesday, May 7, 1918:

Eastern Front

PEACE OF BUCHAREST BETWEEN RUMANIA AND CENTRAL POWERS: Bulgaria gets all land lost in 1913, Central Powers to control Danube estuary, 1/3 Army to be demobilized at once; indefinite military occupation (Mackensen C-in-C in May 11).

Western Front

Heavy rain on Flanders, Artois and Somme fronts. Canadian Corps withdrawn into reserve (until July 15); 5,690 casualties since March 21 although only Canadian Cavalry Brigade in major battle.

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USSR: Sidney Reilly (MI1c) arrives in Moscow and tries to see Lenin.

Middle East

Mesopotamia: General Cayley occupies burning and famine-stricken Kirkuk (until May 8), 600 Turks sick and 3 damaged planes taken but evacuated with 1,600 refugees (May 11-24) due to supply difficulties.

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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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