Timeline
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1918-1919
Two waves of influenza kill more people than did the war.
January 8, 1918
President Woodrow Wilson declares his 14 points as the path to permanent world peace.
March 21
Germans launch the first of five major offensives to win the war before American troops appear in the trenches. German advance is finally stopped in late June
April 22
Baron von Richthofen, "the Red Baron" is killed in air dog-fight.
April 25
British and Australian troops stop the German advance near Amiens.
May 23
German shells land on Paris.
May 31
Germans on the banks of the Marne near Paris are stopped by American forces at Chateau-Thierry.
July
German troops being shipped from the Eastern to Western Front begin to desert in large numbers from their transport trains
July 16-17
Former Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, children, and members of his entourage are murdered by the Bolsheviks.
August 3
President Wilson agrees to co-operate with Allies in sending "volunteer" troops into Russia.
August 8
Allied counter offensives on the Somme push the German army back and into retreat
September 27
Allied troops break through the German fortifications at the Hindenberg line.
October 28
German sailors mutiny at port when asked to sail and fight a hopeless navel battle.
October 30
Turks sign armistice
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.
December 4Woodrow Wilson sets sail for the Paris Peace conference.
Two waves of influenza kill more people than did the war.
January 8, 1918
President Woodrow Wilson declares his 14 points as the path to permanent world peace.
March 21
Germans launch the first of five major offensives to win the war before American troops appear in the trenches. German advance is finally stopped in late June
April 22
Baron von Richthofen, "the Red Baron" is killed in air dog-fight.
April 25
British and Australian troops stop the German advance near Amiens.
May 23
German shells land on Paris.
May 31
Germans on the banks of the Marne near Paris are stopped by American forces at Chateau-Thierry.
July
German troops being shipped from the Eastern to Western Front begin to desert in large numbers from their transport trains
July 16-17
Former Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, children, and members of his entourage are murdered by the Bolsheviks.
August 3
President Wilson agrees to co-operate with Allies in sending "volunteer" troops into Russia.
August 8
Allied counter offensives on the Somme push the German army back and into retreat
September 27
Allied troops break through the German fortifications at the Hindenberg line.
October 28
German sailors mutiny at port when asked to sail and fight a hopeless navel battle.
October 30
Turks sign armistice
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.
December 4Woodrow Wilson sets sail for the Paris Peace conference.
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