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1918
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Index: January March April May July August September November Video Sources
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January 8th, 1918 President Woodrow Wilson wants to permanent world peace so he declares 14 points as the path
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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.)
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Blight of the peoples‘ existence Map of the five offensives
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April 22th ’’The Red Baron“(Baron von Richthofen) was killed in air dog-fight
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April 25th The German advance was stopped by British and Australian troops near Amiens.
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May 23th Land was shell on Paris by Germans
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May 31st American forces at Chateau-Thierry stopped the Germans on the banks of the Marne near Paris.
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July German troops being shipped from the Eastern to Western Front begin to desert in large numbers from their transport trains.
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July 16th-17th The Bolsheviks murdered Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, and children as well as members of his entourage.
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Bolsheviks Tsar Nicholas II and his family killed
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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
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Wilson
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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
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October October 28: German sailors mutiny at port when asked to sail and fight a hopeless navel battle October 30: Turks sign armistice
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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.
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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.firstworldwar.com/onthisday/1918_05_31.htm http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/timeline/time_1918.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO6qUckInrQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO6qUckInrQ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Offensive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Offensive http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Baron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Baron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogfight http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogfight http://www.ciaops.com/guides/battle/page3.htm http://www.ciaops.com/guides/battle/page3.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZVXLFWNeVY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZVXLFWNeVY
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