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World War One History 1918
World War I Timeline - Year 1918
February 1, 1918
The Central Powers recognize
the newly formed Ukrainian People's Republic. The Ukrainians had
declared their independence from Russian on November 20, 1917.
February 9, 1918
The Central Powers and the
Ukraine sign the
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
February 10, 1918
Russian's
Trotsky declares peace.
February 18, 1918
German Offensive in Russia.
This offensive will last until March 4, 1918. Today, the Germans
capture Dvinsk.
February 21, 1918
The Germans capture Minsk.
February 24, 1918
The Germans capture Dubno and
Dorpat.
February 25, 1918
The Germans capture Reval and
Pskov.
March 3, 1918
The Central Powers and Russia
sign the
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
The Germans capture Kiev.
March 4, 1918
The Germans capture Narva.
March 7, 1918
The Germans and the White
Finnish governments sign a treaty. The Germans will aid the Whites
in their fight against the Reds in the Finnish Civil War.
March 21, 1918
The German Spring Offensive in
France begins. It will end on July 15, 1918.
The
Second Battle of the Somme
begins. This battle is also called the
Battle of Saint-Quentin. It will end on April 5, 1918.
April 5,
1918
British and Japanese marines
land at Vladivostok.
The
Second Battle of the Somme
ends. It had started on March 21, 1918.
April 22, 1918
Guatemala declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary.
May 23, 1918
Costa Rica declares war on Germany.
May 24, 1918
Nicaragua declares war on Germany.
May 29, 1918
The Germans capture Soissons.
June 4, 1918
American troops arrive at Chateau-Thierry.
July 6, 1918
Yakov Blumkin assassinates the
German ambassador in Moscow, Count Wilhelm
von Mirbach.
GERMAN AMBASSADOR WILHELM VON
MIRBACH
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July 15, 1918
The German Spring Offensive in
France ends. It had begun on March 21, 1918.
Second Battle of the Marne begins.
This will be the Germans last major offensive on the Western Front.
The Second Battle of the Marne will last until July 18, 1918.
Haiti declares war on Germany.
July 16, 1918
Former Tsar
Nicholas II and his entire
family is assassinated at Yekaterinburg.
July 18, 1918
Second Battle of the Marne ends. It
had begun on July 15, 1918. Today Allied Commander-in-Chief
Ferdinand Foch starts the
counterattack. Some count this counterattack as part of the Second
Battle of the Marne. If you share this opinion, your Second Battle
of the Marne will end on August 7, 1918.
July 19, 1918
Honduras wakes up and declares war on Germany.
August 2, 1918
The French re-capture Soissons.
August 8, 1918
The British start the
Battle
of Amiens, employing 450 tanks. The Battle of Amiens will end on August 12, 1918.
The Battle of Amiens is also the
beginning of the Allied Summer Offensive on the Western Front. This
offensive will end on October 15, 1918.
August 12, 1918
The Battle of Amiens ends.
It begun on August 8, 1918.
August 13, 1918
The Czech Legion declares war on the Central Powers.
August 26, 1918
The Turks move in on Baku. They will take the city from the
British on September 14, 1918.
August 27, 1918
The Allies re-take Roye.
August 28, 1918
The Allies re-take Bapaume and Noyon.
August 31, 1918
The Allies re-take Peronne.
September 19, 1918
The
Battle of Megiddo
starts. It will end on September 21, 1918.
Map of the Battle of Megiddo - Sep 19-21, 1918
September 21, 1918
The Battle of Megiddo
ends. It started on September 19, 1918.
September 26, 1918
The
Battles of the Meuse-Argonne
begin. They will end on November 11, 1918.
Map of the Battles of the Meuse-Argonne - Sept 26-Nov 11, 1918
September 29, 1918
Bulgaria surrenders and
Germany's General Erich von Ludendorff
asks his government to come up with peace terms.
October 4, 1918
Prince Max of Baden is the new
German Chancellor and Foreign Minister.
King
Ferdinand of Bulgaria abdicates in favor of his son,
Boris III.
October 15, 1918
The Allied Summer Offensive on
the Western Front ends. It had begun on August 8, 1918.
October 24, 1918
The
Battle of Vittorio Veneto
begins. It will end on November 3, 1918.
Map of the Battle of Vittorio Veneto - Oct 24-Nov 3, 1918
October 29, 1918
Sailors' mutiny at Kiel,
Germany. The unrest will last until November 6, 1918.
October 30, 1918
Turkey surrenders.
November 1, 1918
Poland declares war on the Ukraine.
November 2, 1918
The Germans invade Rhodesia and will fight the British until
November 14, 1918.
November 3, 1918
The Battle of Vittorio Veneto
ends. This battle had begun on October 24, 1918.
November 4, 1918
Austria-Hungary surrenders.
November 9, 1918
Prince
Max von Baden announces the abdication of German
Kaiser
William II, who didn't agree
but now had to.
November 10, 1918
Kaiser
William II escapes from his
headquarters in Spa to the Netherlands. The Netherlands grant him
asylum if he stays politically inactive. William complies, but this
won't stop him from sending
Nut Adolf a congratulation
telegram upon the latter's invasion of Paris in 1940.
Romania declares war on Germany.
November 11, 1918
The Battles of the Meuse-Argonne
end. They had begun on September 26, 1918.
05.00 a.m. - Location: French Marshal
Ferdinand Foch's railway
carriage at Rethondes. An armistice is signed
between the Allies and Germany.
11.00 a.m. - World War I is officially over.
November 23, 1918
Poland takes Lemberg.
November 28, 1918
Kaiser
William II curses this day as
well as the day on which Max von Baden's
mother was born. The Kaiser signs
his abdication.
December 14, 1918
President Wilson arrives at the
Paris Peace Conference. The crowd grows wild when he appears.
U.S. PRESIDENT WILSON
AND FRENCH PRESIDENT POINCARÉ
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