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World War One
timeline 1918
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December
January
8. |
Wilson's Fourteen Points speech to joint session of Congress
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February
11. |
Wilson's Four Principles speech to joint session of Congress |
16. |
Plant for assembly of American-made airplanes began
operations at Romorantin, France.
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March
3. |
Soviet Russia and Central Powers make peace with Treaty of
Brest-Litovsk |
21. |
Ludendorff launches his series of major offensive assaults
against the British , known as the 'Kaiserschlacht' (Battle of Picardy)
in an effort to gain a decisive victory before the effect of the America
entering into the War can be fully realised. Major successes are
reported. |
23. |
German offensive redirects towards Amiens and Paris.
First American military balloon ascension in the AEF took place at
Cuperly, Marne, France. |
26. |
Doullens Agreement gives General Foch "co-ordinating
authority" over the western front |
27. |
First aircraft built at the Naval Aircraft Factory, the H-16
seaplane, was flown for the first time, and was later used for the
antisubmarine patrol from United States and European stations. |
28. |
German Operation 'Mars' repulsed at Arras.
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April
4-5. |
Australians halt German advance at Villers Bretonneux. |
9. |
Germans launch 'Georgette' the second assault of their 1918
offensive (Battle of the Lys) in British sector of Armentieres. |
14. |
Foch appointed Commander-in-Chief of Allied forces on western
front |
23. |
First overseas shipment of Liberty motors arrived at assembly
and repair station at Pauillac, France. |
23-24. |
British attempt to blockade Ostend harbour fails.
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May
11. |
First American-made DH-4, with Liberty engine, received in
the AEF. |
16. |
Sedition Act; amendment to Espionage Act of 1917 (USA) |
17. |
First flight made in France of an American-built military
aircraft, a DH-4, built by Dayton Wright Co. adapted from English
design. |
20. |
US Army Aeronautics was divorced from the Signal Corps and
two air departments were created: Bureau of Military Aeronautics and
Bureau of Aircraft Production. |
24. |
First consignment of American-built flying boats, six HS-1's,
arrived at Pauillac, France. |
25. |
German U-boats make their first appearance in US waters |
27. |
German offensive 'Blucher' launched. Third phase of 1918
German offensive (Third Battle of the Aisne) begins in French sector
along Chemin des Dames |
28. |
28th Regiment of US 1st Division goes into action at town of
Cantigny |
29. |
German troops advance to the Marne but are stopped by US
Divisions.
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June
6. |
2nd US Division captures Bouresches and southern part of Belleau
Wood |
9. |
Opening of fourth phase of 1918 German offensive (Battle of
the Matz) in French sector between Noyon and Montdider |
15-16. |
Austrian offensive at Asiago defeated by combined British
and French force.
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July
Standard Aircraft Corp. requested to build Italian Caproni and English
Handley-Page bombers. 2. Allied Supreme War Council supports
intervention in Siberia
6. |
Wilson agrees to American intervention in Siberia |
15. |
Ludendorff launches final phase of German offensive (Second
Battle of the Marne) |
18. |
Allied counterattack seizes strategical initiative from
Germans; nine US divisions participate
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August
3. |
Large-scale Allied intervention begins at Vladivostok |
8. |
Anglo-French counter-attack at Amiens supported by heavy
artillery and 400 tanks achieves major successes. Ludendorff describes
it as 'the Black Day' for the German army. |
10. |
1st US Army organized under Pershing |
17. |
American-designed bomber, Army Martin MB-1, made its first
flight with T. E. Springer as pilot. It became the first standard bomber
of the Air Service but did not enter combat, while later modifications
of it were used by the Post Office Department.
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September
4.
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American troops land at Archangel in North Russia |
12. |
United States launches St. Mihiel offensive |
19. |
Opening of British offensive in Palestine (Battle of Megiddo) |
23. |
British 15th Cavalry Brigade attacks Haifa. |
26. |
Meuse-Argonne offensive |
29. |
Bulgaria signs armistice |
October
1. |
First bombing using electrical releases, Allied bombers in
an attack on German infantry counterattack. |
3-4. |
Germans and Austrians send notes to Wilson requesting an
armistice |
12. |
Pershing forms 2nd Army under command of General Bullard |
21. |
Germany ceases unrestricted U-boat warfare |
26. |
Ludendorff is dismissed. |
28. |
Kiel mutiny by German sailors.
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November
1. |
Americans breakthrough German defences at Meuse. |
3. |
Mutiny of the German fleet, Soviets take control of Kiel. |
3. |
Americans cut vital Lille-Metz rail link. |
5. |
Congressional elections result in Republican control of
Congress (USA) |
11. |
On the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh
month, the Armistice is signed effectively halting the War. The final
Treaty of Versailles, is signed on June 28, 1919.
With the signing of the Armistice, the US Army Air Service had a total
of 195,024 personnel, of which 20,568 were officers, and the AEF had
3,538 airplanes while 4,865 were in service in the United States. Naval
aviation consisted of 6,716 officers and 30,693 men, with 282 officers
and 2,189 men in Marine Corps units with a total of 2,107 airplanes, of
which 1,172 were flying boats. |
18. |
Wilson announces that he will attend peace conference personally
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December
13. |
Wilson aboard the liner George Washington arrives at Brest,
France
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