1918

Index: January March April May July August September November Video Sources

January 8th, 1918

President Woodrow Wilson wants to permanent world peace

so he declares 14 points as the path

March 21th

Before American troops appear in the trenches the Germans decided to launch the first of five major offensives in order to win the war.

(This advantage stopped in late June.)

Blight of the peoples‘ existence

Map of the five offensives

April 22th

’’The Red Baron“(Baron von Richthofen) was killed in air dog-fight

April 25th

The German advance was stopped by British and Australian troops near Amiens.

May 23th

Land was shell on Paris by Germans

May 31st

American forces at Chateau-Thierry stopped the Germans on the banks of the Marne near Paris.

July

German troops being shipped from the Eastern to Western Front begin to desert in large numbers from their transport trains.

July 16th-17th

The Bolsheviks murdered Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, and children as well as members of his entourage.

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August August 3: The president of the United

States Wilson agrees in sending troops into russia (Cooperation with Allies)

August 8: Allied counter offensives on the Somme push the German army back and into retreat

Wilson

September

September 12: The American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) (General: John J. Pershing) launched their first major offensive in Europe as an independent army

The successful campaign was a major turning point in the war (for the Allies)

Ultimately, U.S. forces helped to defeat Germany earlier than expected

October

October 28: German sailors mutiny at port when asked to sail and fight a hopeless navel battle

October 30: Turks sign armistice

November

November 9: Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates

November 10: A German republic is founded

November 11: At eleven o'clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the war ends as Germany and Allies sign an Armistice.

Armistice November 11th

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Sources: http://www.firstworldwar.com/onthisday/1918_04_25.htm http://www.firstworldwar.com/onthisday/1918_05_31.htm http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/timeline/time_1918.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO6qUckInrQ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Offensive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Baron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogfight http://www.ciaops.com/guides/battle/page3.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZVXLFWNeVY

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