The End of World War I
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The End of The End of World War IWorld War I
The Silence was DeafeningThe Silence was Deafening
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Russia Pulls Out of WarRussia Pulls Out of War• Communists under V.I. Lenin take Communists under V.I. Lenin take
overover• Russia signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Russia signs Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
- a peace treaty with Central Powers- a peace treaty with Central Powers
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Battle of the Somme - Battle of the Somme - March 1918March 1918
• Germany feels it has one last chanceGermany feels it has one last chance• Major attack on France to capture ParisMajor attack on France to capture Paris• Allies stop it 30 miles awayAllies stop it 30 miles away• 250,000 casualties for Germany, slightly 250,000 casualties for Germany, slightly
lower for Allies in 3 days lower for Allies in 3 days
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Allies on theAllies on the AttackAttack• By July, 1918 the US had 1 million fresh By July, 1918 the US had 1 million fresh
troops in Francetroops in France• Allies have momentum and push Allies have momentum and push
western front towards Germanywestern front towards Germany
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The End for GermanyThe End for Germany• German citizens have food riots and German citizens have food riots and
strikesstrikes• Soldiers begin to desert Soldiers begin to desert • Kaiser Wilhelm II is forced to leave the Kaiser Wilhelm II is forced to leave the
thronethrone• 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th
month in 1918, Germany signs an month in 1918, Germany signs an armistice (truce)armistice (truce)
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Serbian refugees fleeing with their belongings
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Canadian soldier lighting German prisoner's cigarette, Passchendaele, Nov, 1917
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Canadian engineers rebuilding bridge destroyed by retreating Germans
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German prisoners in a French camp
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Germans camped in a trench
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Russian Poles searching the ashes of their former homeRussian Poles searching the ashes of their former home
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German mail call
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German soldiers in Antwerp feeding orphans
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British soldiers blinded by gas attack
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British stretcher bearers near Bossinghe, 1 Aug 1917 (Pilckem Ridge/Passchendaele)
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US 1st Army Post Band (Colored) - Souilly. France, 1918
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US 364th Infantry, homecoming parade, Los Angeles, CA, 22 Apr 1919
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French children watching advancing column of 101st Ammunition Train, Soulosse, 10 Apr 1918
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"Combat is a drag!"
Men of the US 27th Division trying on the
latest fashions, Oudezeele, 8 Aug
1918