Western Front
About 185 German divisions on Western Front.
Allied propaganda poster celebrates politicians and generals as ‘giants of democracy’. Britain’s Lloyd George, Haig, US President Wilson and General Pershing and France’s Foch:
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Eastern Front
Finish Civil War: (until May 15): 1,600 White Guards capture Oulu in north and clear up to Swedish border until February 6. In center, Reds vainly assault White line from February 2 to 12.
An Austro-Hungarian prisoner of war with a violin returning from captivity in Russia:
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...474048458739712
Southern Front
Austro-Hungarians bomb Venice, Padua, and other towns in Venetian plain.
Political, etc
Austria-Hungary: The mutiny of Austro-Hungarian sailors at Cattaro (Kotor) is crushed by loyalist forces, and around 800 mutineers are imprisoned. They had been demanding better treatment and the end to war.
Germany: Berlin garrison commander tells strikers return to work or be shot. Across Germany, 150 people are imprisoned, and 50,000 people are slated to be drafted into the army and sent to the front.
France: Following the German air raid on Paris last week, measures have been taken to protect artworks such as by placing sandbags around statues and taking down paintings and stained-glass windows to be stored safely.
United Kingdom: British Government announce enlargement of powers of Supreme War Council at Versailles (see November 7th, 1917, and December 1st, 1917).
Belgium: A pro-Flemish independence march in Antwerp in German-occupied Belgium. German authorities are alleged to have purposefully heightened divisions in the country: © IWM (Q 79588):
https://twitter.com/CenturyAgoToday...792387374673920
Switzerland: American George D Herron meets Austrian Imperial adviser Heinrich Lammasch in low-level abortive peace feelers.
Sweden: Finnish Stockholm Minister on own initiative requests Swedish intervention, Prime Minister refuses, suggests mediation on February 4. The Finns cable Berlin.