The End of The End of World War IWorld War I

The Silence was DeafeningThe Silence was Deafening

Russia Pulls Out of WarRussia Pulls Out of War

• Communists under V.I. Lenin take Communists under V.I. Lenin take overover

• Russia signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Russia signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk - a peace treaty with Central Powers- a peace treaty with Central Powers

Battle of the Somme - Battle of the Somme - March 1918March 1918

• Germany feels it has one last chanceGermany feels it has one last chance• Major attack on France to capture ParisMajor attack on France to capture Paris• Allies stop it 30 miles awayAllies stop it 30 miles away• 250,000 casualties for Germany, slightly 250,000 casualties for Germany, slightly

lower for Allies in 3 days lower for Allies in 3 days

Allies on theAllies on the AttackAttack

• By July, 1918 the US had 1 million fresh By July, 1918 the US had 1 million fresh troops in Francetroops in France

• Allies have momentum and push Allies have momentum and push western front towards Germanywestern front towards Germany

The End for GermanyThe End for Germany

• German citizens have food riots and German citizens have food riots and strikesstrikes

• Soldiers begin to desert Soldiers begin to desert • Kaiser Wilhelm II is forced to leave the Kaiser Wilhelm II is forced to leave the

thronethrone• 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th

month in 1918, Germany signs an month in 1918, Germany signs an armistice (truce)armistice (truce)

Serbian refugees fleeing with their belongings

Canadian soldier lighting German prisoner's cigarette, Passchendaele, Nov, 1917

Canadian engineers rebuilding bridge destroyed by retreating Germans

German prisoners in a French camp

Germans camped in a trench

Russian Poles searching the ashes of their former homeRussian Poles searching the ashes of their former home

German mail call

German soldiers in Antwerp feeding orphans

British soldiers blinded by gas attack

British stretcher bearers near Bossinghe, 1 Aug 1917 (Pilckem Ridge/Passchendaele)

US 1st Army Post Band (Colored) - Souilly. France, 1918

US 364th Infantry, homecoming parade, Los Angeles, CA, 22 Apr 1919

French children watching advancing column of 101st Ammunition Train, Soulosse, 10 Apr 1918

"Combat is a drag!"

Men of the US 27th Division trying on the

latest fashions, Oudezeele, 8 Aug

1918