• 1918-1919, Two waves of influenza kill more people than did the war.

  • January 8, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson declares his 14 points as the path to world peace.

  • March 21, Germans launch the first of five major offensives to win the war before American troops appear in the trenches.

  • April 25, British and Australian troops stop the German advance near Amiens.

  • May 23, German shells land on Paris.

  • July 16-17, Former Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, children, and members of his entourage are murdered by the Bolsheviks.

  • August 8, Allied counteroffensives on the Somme push the German army back.

  • September 29, Allied troops break through the German fortifications at the Hindenberg line.

  • October 28, Germany's sailors mutiny at port when asked to sail out to fight again.

  • 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.

  • December 4, Woodrow Wilson sets sail for the Paris Peace conference.

    Allied Soldiers Killed:

    Belgium: 13,700
    British Empire: 908,000
    Australia: 60,000
    Canada: 55,000
    India: 25,000
    New Zealand: 16,000
    South Africa: 7,000
    United Kingdom: 715,000
    France: 1,240,000
    French Colonies: 114,000
    Greece: 5,000
    Italy: 650,000
    Japan: 300
    Montenegro: 3,000
    Romania: 336,000
    Russia: 1,700,000
    Serbia: 45,000
    United States: 50,600
    		Central Powers Soldiers Killed:

    Austria-Hungary: 1,200,000
    Bulgaria: 87,500
    Germany: 1,770,000
    Turkey: 325,000
    		Civilians Killed:

    Austria-Hungary: 300,000
    Belgium: 30,000
    Britain: 31,000
    Bulgaria: 275,000
    France: 40,000
    Germany: 760,000
    Greece: 132,000
    Romania: 275,000
    Russia: 3,000,000
    Serbia: 650,000
    Turkey: 1,000,000