| 8 |
President Wilson announces 14-point
'peace programme' |
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| 6 |
Passing of the Representation
of the People Act (becomes law in June) |
| 25 |
Rationing begins in London and
the Home Counties |
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| 3 |
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
| 21 |
Ludendorff offensive starts (ends
15 July) |
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| 1 |
Creation of the RAF |
| 7 |
Meat rationing introduced throughout
Britain |
| 9 |
Introduction of conscription
in Ireland |
| 21 |
Manfred von Richthofen, the 'Red
Baron', is shot down and killed over France |
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| 5 |
Germans occupy Sebastopol |
| 28 |
Armenian declaration of independence |
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| 18 |
Allied counter-offensive
on the Aisne and Marne starts (ends 5 Aug) |
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| 8-11 |
Battle of Amiens |
| 21-23 |
Battle of Albert |
| 26 |
Allied assault on the Hindenburg
Line starts (ends 12 Oct) |
| 30 |
British troops cross the River
Somme |
| 31 |
Australian troops capture Péronne |
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| 1 |
Australian troops capture Mont
Saint Quentin |
| 12-16 |
Successful AEF attack on the
St Mihiel salient |
| 26 |
Meuse-Argonne offensive starts
(ends 11 Nov) |
| 27 |
Battle of Canal du Nord starts
(ends 1 Oct) |
| 28 |
Flanders offensive starts (ends
11 Nov) |
| 29 |
Battle of St Quentin Canal
starts (ends 2 Oct)
Bulgaria signs armistice with the Allies
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| 30 |
Anglo-Arab forces' capture of
Damascus starts (ends 1 Oct) |
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| 17 |
Picardy offensive starts (ends
11 Nov) |
| 24 |
Battle of Vittorio Veneto starts
(ends 4 Nov) |
| 26 |
British troops capture Aleppo |
| 30 |
Turkey signs armistice with the
Allies |
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| 1 |
Serbia recaptures Belgrade |
| 3 |
British capture Mosul
Austria-Hungary signs armistice with the Allies
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| 3-4 |
German naval mutiny at Kiel |
| 9 |
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates |
| 11 |
Germany signs armistice with
the Allies at Compiègne |
| 25 |
Surrender of German forces in
East Africa |
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| 14 |
Lloyd George coalition wins the
'coupon election' |
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