|
Chronology
1918
March
Germans launch spring offensive
Foch appointed to co-ordinate British & French armies
Death of:
Sidney Frank WAYLAN MM
April
Royal Air Force is formed
Foch appointed commander in chief of Allied forces
Death of:
William Charles CORPS
July
Allied offensive on the western front
August
Assault of the Hindenburg Line
Death of:
Samuel Edward LEEPER
Leonard BUDD
Herbert DANN
Leonard Henry MASTERS
Reginald BASHFORD
Harry NOAKES
September
Allies and Bulgaria agree an armistice
Death of:
Albert CONSTABLE
Arthur GARTON
October
Germans offer peace
British & Arab forces occupy Damascus
German sailors mutiny at Kiel
Anti-war risings in Germany
Death of:
Sydney George BARNETT
Alfred James HYDER
William Henry FORTMAN
November
Foch is given overall strategy responsibility
Kaiser Wilhem II abdicates
The Allies and Germany sign the Armistice
1919
February
Death of:
Frank MILLER
| 