The End of World War I The Silence was Deafening
Russia Pulls Out of War Communists under V.I. Lenin take over Russia signs Treaty of Brest- Litovsk - a peace treaty with Central Powers
Battle of the Somme - March 1918 Germany feels it has one last chance Major attack on France to capture Paris Allies stop it 30 miles away 250,000 casualties for Germany, slightly lower for Allies in 3 days
Allies on the Attack By July, 1918 the US had 1 million fresh troops in France Allies have momentum and push western front towards Germany
The End for Germany German citizens have food riots and strikes Soldiers begin to desert Kaiser Wilhelm II is forced to leave the throne 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, Germany signs an 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 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