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Important events of 1918 during the fifth and final year of the First World War, including the appointment of French Marshal Ferdinand Foch as Supreme Allied Commander. A peace treaty is signed between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey) at Brest-Litovsk.
- World War One and the Battle in the Air - Historic UK
World War One was the first war in which air power made a...
- World War One timeline of events in 1915 - Historic UK
World War 1 Timeline – 1915. Important events of 1915 during...
- World War One - Timeline of Events - Historic UK
November 11th 2018 marked the one hundredth anniversary of...
- World War 1 Timeline - 1914 - Historic UK
After advancing from the northern coast of France to the...
- World War One and the Battle in the Air - Historic UK
This is a list of the events of World War I in chronological order. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, who was killed in Sarajevo along with his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb. [1]
8 kwi 2021 · In the final of four “Battles of the Frontier” held in the first weeks of World War I, the British forces are overpowered and forced to retreat, handing the Germans a strategic victory. Some...
Use this Timeline of World War I to find out how the war played out—from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the armistice in 1918.
November 11th 2018 marked the one hundredth anniversary of the Armistice, the official end of the First World War, or ‘the war to end all wars’. The war was fought between the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and allies) on one side and the Triple Entente (Britain and the British Empire, France and Russia) and their allies ...
After advancing from the northern coast of France to the Belgian town of Mons, British troops are finally forced to retreat. The British suffer huge losses at the First Battle of Ypres. All hope of a quick ending to the war disappears as trench warfare starts to dominate the Western Front.
The United Kingdom was a leading Allied Power during the First World War of 1914–1918. They fought against the Central Powers, mainly Germany. The armed forces were greatly expanded and reorganised—the war marked the founding of the Royal Air Force.
