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Key WW1 90th anniversaries falling in 2008 January
8 - President Wilson outlines his Fourteen Points Peace Plan
February
18 - Fighting between Russia and Germany resumes
21 - British capture Jericho
March
3 - Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed by Russia and Germany Nearly 50 Central Powers divisions freed for operations on the Western Front.
21- German breakthrough on the Somme. The German Spring Offensive of 1918
23- Artillery bombardment of Paris begins; ends 17/8/18. See: The Paris Gun
29- Foch becomes supreme Allied commander on the Western Front
April
9 - German Lys offensive in Flanders
23- Zeebrugge/Ostend Raid. See: The Zeebrugge Raid May
7 - Treaty of Bucharest
27- 6/6/18- German Aisne offensive.
28- Battle of Cantigny. First offensive AEF operation. See: The Battle of Cantigny
June
1 - U.S. troops drive back Germans at Chateau-Thierry. See: Chateau Thierry
9 - 13- Germans launch Noyon-Montdidier offensive
15 - 22- Italians repulse Austrian attack across the Piave
July
13 - Turkish army launches final offensive in Palestine
15-18 Second Battle of the Marne; German retreat begins.See: The Rock of the Marne
18 - Allied Aisne-Marne offensive (Belleau Wood) finishes 5/8/18. See: Belleau Wood
August
8 - Allied Amiens offensive. See: Battle of Amiens . See: The Battle of Cambrai
18 - British advance in Flanders begins
September
12-16 - American offensive at St. Mihiel
15-29 - Allied offensive against Bulgarians
19-21 - Battle of Megiddo
25 - Bulgaria seeks armistice
26 - Foch begins final offensive on Western Front; first phase of the U.S. Meuse-Argonne Offensive, through 9/30/18
29 - Bulgaria concludes armistice
October
1 - British troops enter Damascus; Second phase, U.S. Meuse-Argonne Offensive, through 10/6/18
5 - British troops breach the Hindenburg Line. See: Battle of the Hindenburg Line
6 - Germany requests armistice
9 - Allies sieze Cambrai
7-31- Third through Fifth Phases, Meuse-Argonne Offensive
20 - Germany abandons submarine warfare
26 - Groener replaces Ludendorff
29 - German High Seas Fleet mutinies; Battle of Vittorio Veneto - ends 11/4/18
November
1-11- Second Operation of the U.S. Meuse Argonne Offensive
3 - Austria-Hungary makes peace
4 - Armistice concluded on the Italian Front
9 - Kaiser Wilhelm Abdicates; German Republic proclaimed
10 - Emperor Charles of Austria abdicates
11 - Germany signs armistice. Fighting ends on the Western Front, but continues in other theaters of war. See: Armistice 1918
12 - Austria proclaimed a republic
13 - Hungary signs Armistice
14 - Czechoslovakia proclaimed a republic, Lettow-Vorbeck surrenders in Rhodesia, German U-boats interned
21 - German High Seas Fleet surrenders to Britain
27 - Germans evacuate Belgium
December
1 - Yugoslavia proclaimed an independent state
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