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1918

Dates	Events
January 8	Woodrow Wilson outlines his Fourteen Points.
February to September	Allied forces occupy the Jordan Rift Valley.
February 9	The Central Powers signed an exclusive protectorate treaty with the Ukrainian People's Republic as part of the negotiations that took place in Brest-Litovsk.
February 15-February 16	Battle of Rarancza.
February 18-March 3	Operation Faustschlag, last offensive on Eastern Front.
February 19	British begin their assault on Jericho.
February 21	The British capture Jericho.
February 21	Germans capture Minsk.
February 24	Germans capture Zhytomyr.
February 25	German troops capture Estonia.
February 28	Germans capture Pskov and Narva.
March 2	Germans capture Kiev.
March 3	At Brest-Litovsk, Leon Trotsky signs the peace treaty with Germany.
March 7	German artillery bombard the Americans at Rouge Bouquet.
March 8-March 12	Battle of Tell 'Asur.
March 8-March 13	Battle of Bakhmach.
March 21–April 5	First phase of the Spring Offensive, Operation Michael (aka Second Battle of the Somme). The Germans obtain a Pyrrhic victory.
March 21-March 23	The Battle of St. Quentin, first phase of Operation Micheal and of the Spring Offensive.
March 21-April 2	First Transjordan attack on Amman.
March 23–August 7	Artillery bombardment of Paris.
March 24-March 25	First Battle of Bapaume, a phase of Operation Michael.
March 25	First Battle of Noyon, a phase of Operation Michael.
March 26	French Marshall Ferdinand Foch is appointed Supreme Commander of all Allied forces.
March 26-March 27	Battle of Rosieres, a phase of Operation Michael.
March 26-March 27	Action of Khan Baghdadi.
March 27-March 31	First Battle of Amman, a phase Of The First Transjordan Attack.
March 28	Third Battle of Arras (aka First Battle of Arras (1918)), a phase of Operation Michael.
March 30-April 5	First Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, a phase of Operation Micheal.
April 1	Royal Air Force founded by combining the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
April 4-April 5	Battle of the Avre, final phase of Operation Michael.
April 7-April 29	Second phase of the Spring Offensive, Operation Georgette (aka Battle of the Lys). The results are disappointing for the Germans.
April 7-April 9	Battle of Estaires, first phase of Operation Georgette.
April 10-April 11	Third Battle of Messines, a phase of Operation Georgette.
April 12-April 13	Battle of Hazebrouck, a phase of Operation Georgette.
April 13-April 15	Battle of Bailleul, a phase of Operation Georgette.
April 17-April 19	First Battle of Kemmelberg, a phase of Operation Georgette.
April 18	Battle of Bethune, a phase of Operation Georgette.
April 24-April 27	Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, a phase of Operation Georgette.
April 25-April 26	Second Battle of Kemmelberg, a phase of Operation Georgette.
April 29	Battle of Scherpenberg, final phase of Operation Georgette.
April 30-May 4	Second Transjordan attack on Shunet Nimrin and Es Salt.
May 7	Treaty of Bucharest between Romania and the Central Powers. It will never be ratified.
May 10-May 11	Battle of Kaniow.
May 21	Ottomans invade Armenia.
May 21-May 29	Battle of Sardarabad, a phase of the invasion of Armenia.
May 21-May 29	Battle of Abaran, a phase of the invasion of Armenia.
May 24-May 28	Battle of Karakilisa, a phase of the invasion of Armenia.
May 27–June 6	Third Battle of the Aisne (aka Operation Blücher-Yorck, third phase of the Spring Offensive). After initial gains, the German advance is halted.
May 28	Battle of Cantigny.
May 29-May 31	Battle of Skra-di-Legen
June 1-June 26	Battle of Belleau Wood, part of the German Spring Offensive.
June 8	Action of Arsuf.
June 8-October	Germany interferes in the Caucuses.
June 9–June 12	Fourth phase of the Spring Offensive, Operation Gneisenau (aka Battle of Matz). Despite substantial territorial gains, the Germans do not achieve their strategic goals
June 13–June 23	Second Battle of the Piave: the Austro-Hungarian offensive is repelled.
June 30	Battle of Moreuil Wood.
July 4	Battle of Hamel.
July 14	Battle of Abu Tellul.
July 15–August 6	Second Battle of the Marne and last German offensive on the Western Front, which fails when the Germans are counterattacked by the French.
July 15-July 17	Champagne-Marne Offensive (consisting of the Fourth Battle of Champagne and the Battle of the Mountain of Reims), a phase of the Second Battle of the Marne. last phase of the Spring Offensive and last German offensive of World War I.
July 17	The Tsar and his family were shot early in the morning by the Bolsheviks.
July 18	Battle of Chateau-Thierry, a phase of the Second Battle of the Marne.
July 18-July 22	Battle of Soissons,a phase of the Second Battle of the Marne.
July 19	Battle of Tardenois, a phase of the Second Battle of the Marne.
August 8-November 11	Hundred Days Offensive, last offensive on Western Front.
August 8–August 12	Battle of Amiens, first phase of the Hundred Days Offensive.
August 9-August 12	Battle of Montdidier.
August 13-September 3	Battle of San Matteo.
August 17-August 29	Second Battle of Noyon, a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive.
August 21-September 3	Second Battle of the Somme(aka Third battle of the Somme), a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive.
August 21-August 22	Third Battle of Albert, opening phase of the Second Battle of the Somme.
August 21-September 3	Second Battle of Bapaume, a phase of the Second Battle of the Somme.
August 26-September 3	Fourth Battle of Arras (aka Second Battle of Arras (1918)), a phase of the Second Battle of the Somme
August 26-August 30	Fourth Battle of the Scarpe (aka Battle of the Scarpe (1918)), a phase of the Fourth Battle of Arras.
August 26-September 14	Battle of Baku, last Turkish offensive of the war.
August 31-September 3	Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a phase of the Second Battle of the Somme.
September 1-September 2	Battle of Peronne, a phase of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin.
September 2-September 3	Battle of Drocourt-Queant Line, final phase of the Second Battle of the Somme.
September 10	Battle of Savy-Dallon, a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive.
September 12	Battle of Havrincourt, a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive.
September 12-September 19	Battle of Saint-Mihiel, a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive.
September 14	Battle of Vauxaillon, a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive.
September 14-September 29	Vardar Offensive, final offensive on the Balkan Front.
September 15	The Allies (French and Serbs) break through the Bulgarian lines at Dobro Polje, a phase of the Vardar Offensive.
September 18	Battle of Epehy, a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive.
September 18–September 19	Third Battle of Doiran, a phase of the Vardar Offensive, The Bulgarians halt the British and Greek advance.
September 18–October 17	Battle of the Hindenburg Line, a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive. The Allies break through the German lines.
September 19–September 25	Battle of Megiddo. The British conquer Palestine.
	Battle of Nablus, a phase of the Battle of Meggido.
	Third Transjordan attack, a phase of the Battle of Nablus.
	Battle of Sharon, a phase of the Battle of Megiddo.
September 22	The British capture Jisr ed Damieh in the Battle of Sharon.
September 25	The British capture Tiberias during the Battle of Sharon.
September 19	Battle of Tulkarm, a phase of the Battle of Sharon.
September 19	Battle of Arara, a phase of the Battle of Sharon.
September 19-September 20	Battle of Tabsor, a phase of the Battle of Sharon.
September 20	Capture of Jenin, a phase of the Battle of Sharon.
September 20	British capture both Afulah and Beisan during the Battle of Sharon.
September 20-September 21	Battle of Nazareth, a phase of the Battle of Sharon.
September 23	Battle of Haifa, a phase of the Battle of Sharon.
September 25	Battle of Samakh, a phase of the Battle of Sharon.
September 25	Second Battle of Amman, a phase of the Third Transjordan Attack.
September 26–November 11	Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the final phase of the Hundred Days Offensive and of World War I.
September 26-October 1	The British enter Damascus.
September 26	Battle of Somme-Py (Initial phase of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive).
September 26	Charge at Irbid, a phase of the Capture of Damascus.
September 26-September 27	British capture Deraa during the Capture of Damascus.
September 27	Battle of Jisr Benat Yakub, a phase of the Capture of Damascus.
September 27-October 1	Battle of the Canal du Nord, a phase of the Battle of the Hindenburg Line.
September 28-October 2	Fifth Battle of Ypres (aka Advance on Flanders), a phase of the Battle of the Hindenburg Line.
September 29-October 10	Battle of St. Quentin Canal, a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive.
September 30	Bulgaria signs an armistice with the Allies.
	Battle of Saint-Thierry (Initial phase of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive).
	Charge at Kaukab, a phase of the Capture of Damascus.
	Charge at Kiswe, a phase of the Capture of Damascus.
October 3-October 27	Pursuit to Haritan.
October 3-October 27	Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge.
October 8-October 10	Second Battle of Cambrai (aka Battle of Cambrai (1918)), a phase of the Battle of the Hindenburg Line.
October 14-October 17	Battle of Montfaucon (intermediate phase of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive).
October 14-October 19	Battle of Courtrai, closing phase of the Hundred Days offensive.
October 15	Battle of Mont-D'Origny, a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive.
October 17-October 26	Battle of the Selle, closing phase of the Hundred Days Offensive.
October 20	Germany suspends submarine warfare.
	Battle of Lys and Escaut (Which included the Second Battle of Lys and the Battle of the Escaut), a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive.
	Battle of Serre, a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive.
October 23-October 30	Battle of Sharqat.
October 24–November 4	Battle of Vittorio Veneto. The Austro-Hungarian army is routed. The Italians enter Trent and land at Triest.
October 24-October 28	SecondBattle of Monte Grappa, beginning phase of Vittorio Veneto.
October 25	Battle of Aleppo.
October 29	Wilhelm Groener replaces Erich Ludendorff as Hindenburg's deputy.
	Germany's Hochseeflotte mutinies^.
	State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs proclaimed.
October 30	The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros.
November 1	Battle of Chesne (Closing phase of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive).
November 1-November 2	Battle of Valenciennes, closing phase of the Hundred Days Offensive.
November 3	Austria-Hungary signs the armistice with Italy, effective November 4.
November 4	Battle of the Sambre, closing phase of the Hundred Days Offensive.
	Second Battle of Guise, a phase of the Battle of Sambre.
	Battle of Thierache, a phase of the Battle of Sambre.
November 6-November 11	Advance to the Meuse.
November 9	Germany: Kaiser William II abdicates; republic proclaimed.
November 10	Austria-Hungary: Kaiser Charles I abdicates.
November 11	At 6 am, Germany signs the Armistice of Compiègne. End of fighting at 11 a.m.
November 11	Poland proclaimed.
November 12	Austria proclaimed a republic.
November 14	Czechoslovakia proclaimed a republic.
	German U-boats interned.
	3 days after the armistice, fighting ends in the East African theater when General von Lettow-Vorbeck agrees a cease-fire on hearing of Germany's surrender.
November 21	Germany's Hochseeflotte surrendered to the United Kingdom.
November 22	The Germans evacuate Luxembourg.
November 25	11 days after agreeing a cease-fire, General von Lettow-Vorbeck formally surrenders his undefeated army at Abercorn in present-day Zambia.
November 27	The Germans evacuate Belgium.
December 1	Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes proclaimed.