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| 08/01/1918 |
President Woodrow
Wilson delivers his fourteen points speech to the U.S. Congress. |
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| 11/02/1918 |
The U.S. President Woodrow Wilson
makes "Four Principles" speech to Congress. |
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| 03/03/1918 |
A separate peace
treaty is signed by Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany,
Austria-Hungary and Turkey) at Brest-Litovsk. |
| 15/03/1918 |
Soviets ratify the
Brest-Litovsk Treaty. |
| 21/03/1918 |
The Ludendorff Offensive
begins with Germany launching its Spring push with the Battle
of Picardy against the British. This will eventually amount
to five major offensives against Allied forces. |
| 26/03/1918 |
Doullens Agreement gives General
Ferdinand Foch "co-ordinating authority" over the
Western Front. |
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| 09/04/1918 |
Germany launches second Spring
offensive, the Battle of the Lys, in the British sector of
Armentieres. |
| 14/04/1918 |
Foch appointed Commander-in-Chief
of Allied forces on Western Front. |
| Apr 1918 |
Zeebruggge Raid. |
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| 16/05/1918 |
Espionage Act is
passed. |
| 25/05/1918 |
German U-boats appear in US waters
for first time. |
| 27/05/1918 |
Third German Spring offensive,
Third Battle of the Aisne, begins in French sector along Chemin
des Dames. |
| 28/05/1918 |
U.S. forces (28th Regiment of
1st Division) are victorious in their first major action, Battle
of Cantigny. |
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| 06/06/1918 |
US 3rd Division captures Bouresches
and southern part of Belleau Wood. |
| 09/06/1918 |
The Germans launch the fourth
Spring offensive, Battle of the Matz, in French sector between
Noyan and Montdider. |
| 15/06/1918 |
The Italians prevail against
Austro-Hungarian forces at the Battle of Piave. |
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| 06/07/1918 |
US President Woodrow Wilson agrees
to US intervention in Siberia. |
| 15/07/1918 |
The final phase of great German
Spring push, the Second Battle of Marne, begins. |
| 16/07/1918 |
Former Tsar Nicholas
II, his wife, and children, are murdered by the Bolsheviks. |
| 17/07/1918 |
Archangel expedition |
| 18/07/1918 |
The Allies counterattack against
German forces, seizing initiative on the Western Front. |
| Jul 1918 |
The Italian Piave
Offensive ends. |
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| 03/08/1918 |
Allied intervention begins at
Vladivostok in Siberia. |
| 08/08/1918 |
Haig directs the start of a successful
Amiens offensive, forcing all German troops back to the Hindenburg
Line. Ludendorff calls it a "black day" for the German
Army. |
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| 12/09/1918 |
US forces clear the St.-Mihiel
salient, during which the greatest air assault of the war is
conducted by the U.S. Airforce.. |
| 19/09/1918 |
The British begin an offensive
against Turkish forces in Palestine, the Battle of Megiddo. |
| 26/09/1918 |
The Battle of the Vardar is fought
against the Bugarians by Serb, Czech, Italian, French and British
forces. The Meuse-Argonne offensive begins. this wll be the
final Franco-American offensive of the war. |
| 27/09/1918 |
Haig's forces storm
the Hindenburg Line, breaking through at several points. |
| 28/09/1918 |
Belgian forces launch an offensive
at Ypres. |
| 29/09/1918 |
Bulgaria concludes
armistice negotiations with the Allies. |
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| 03/10/1918 |
Germany and Austria send peace
notes to US President Woodrow Wilson requesting an armistice. |
| 17/10/1918 |
The British begin their advance
to the Sambre and Schledt rivers, taking many German prisoners. |
| 21/10/1918 |
Germany ceases unrestricted submarine
warfare. |
| 27/10/1918 |
Ludendorff resigns. |
| 30/10/1918 |
Turkey concludes an armistice
with the Allies. |
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| 03/11/1918 |
The German fleet mutinies at
Kiel. Trieste falls to the Allies as Austro-Hungary concludes
an armistice. |
| 05/11/1918 |
Allies accept the
fourteen points. |
| 07/11/1918 |
Germany begins negotiations for
an armistice with the Allies in Ferdinand Foch's railway carriage
headquarters at Compiegne. |
| 09/11/1918 |
Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates. |
| 10/11/1918 |
German republic founded
as Kaiser Wilhelm II flees to Holland. |
| 11/11/1918 |
Armistice day as
fighting ceases at 11am - World War I ends. Central Powers
are forced to annul the Brest-Litovsk Treaty. |
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