1918 Acceptance of the German ultimatum on the Black Sea Fleet
One hundred years ago, on June 6, 1918, the Council of People's Commissars accepted the German government's ultimatum to transfer the Black Sea Fleet from Novorossiysk to Sevastopol, controlled by German troops, by June 19. Otherwise, the Germans threatened to resume the offensive. In Berlin, they feared that the ships might fall into the hands of the Entente-oriented Volunteer Army, which was developing an offensive in the North Caucasus.