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German bombers attack Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck. |
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The Japanese occupy Changsha. |
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Italian "human torpedoes" sink 3 British naval vessels at Gibraltar. |
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The 1940 Summer Olympic Games are cancelled due to World War II. |
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway. |
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Treaty of Versaillles is signed ending World War I. |
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John Maynard Keynes leaves the Treaty of Versaille in protest and predicts that the stiff war reparations imposed on Germany will lead to a financial collapse of the country and have serious economic and political repercussions on Europe and the world |
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German Admiral von Reuter scuttles the captured German fleet at Scapa Flow. |
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World War I officially ends with Germany defeated. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. |
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Austria-Hungary surrenders to Italy during World War I. |
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The German government accepts Gen. Erich Ludendorff's resignation. He is replaced by Groener. |
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After several defeats, including the collapse of Bulgaria, Gen. Ludendorff demands that the government initiate armistice negotiations while his army could still hold out. |
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6 US soldiers are surrounded by Germans in France. Alvin York is given command and shoots 20 Germans & captures 132 more |
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The Black Day of the German Army which marks the beginning of the end for Germany in World War I. Unceasing allied attacks drive the Germans back. |
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As the Amiens offensive forces Germans back to the Hindenburg Line, Gen. Ludendorff declares a "black day" for Germany. |
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Ludendorff sends his weary troops into attack mode for the Second Battle of the Marne. |
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British fighter ace, Maj. James McCudden is killed when his airplane crashes on takeoff. |
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Lt. Steinbrecher becomes the first fighter pilot to successfully escape by means of a parachute. |
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Italian Ace Francesco Baracca is killed. He had amassed 34 victories. |
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Gen. Ludendorff gives up the idea of an offensive in Flanders and instead begins to join up the Soissons and Noyon salients by an attack toward Compiègne. |
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German forces commanded by Eric Ludendorff reach the Marne. |
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Ludendorff attacks in great force along the Chemin des Dames as a diversion against the French, preparatory to a planned attack against the British in Flanders. |
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The U.S. Congress passes the Sedition Act of 1918 which forbids an American to use "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the U.S. government, its armed forces, or the flag. It is repealed, along with The Espionage Act, in 1921. |
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The US Army establishes airmail service between New York and Washington, DC. |
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Gavrilo Princip dies of tuberculosis. |
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Lt Paul F. Baer becomes first US Fighter Ace of World War I. |
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The German ace Manfred von Richthofen "The Red Baron" is shot down and killed over Morlancourt Ridge, near the Somme River. |
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The German drive at Lys is halted after a gain of 10 miles and the Messines Ridge. Ludendorff achieves tactical success, but a strategical failure as there was no breakthrough. |
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Foch appointed Commander-in-Chief of Allied forces on Western Front. |
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Doullens Agreement gives General Ferdinand Foch "co-ordinating authority" over the Western Front |
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