2014-07-21

With the World Cup dust almost settled and the national leagues still on holiday, we take a look at some of the key movers and shakers from the

1918: November 11 After hostilities were brought to an end on the Eastern Front, with the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918

Armistice signed by Ottoman and British leaders ending hostilities in the Middle Eastern theatre of war. Led to the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire

1918: October 24-November 3 Following the loss of 300,000 soldiers at the Battles of Caporetto in 1917, morale in the Italian army was low. Under

1918: September 26-October 17 The Hindenburg Line consisted of six defensive systems established during the winter of 1916-1917 from Arras to

1918: September 19-25 The British forces’ progress on the Sinai and Palestine front had been hampered by the Spring Offensive of 1918, with the

France’s Foreign Minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, has hit out at the “unacceptable” anti-Semitic attacks on Jewish businesses during demonstrations in

The last action on the Balkan front. Bulgaria capitulates to a multi-national allied force

1918: August 8 The Hundred Days Offensive was launched by the Allies on August 8 with the Battle of Amiens, an attack by more than 10 Allied

1918: July 15 The second Battle of the Marne was the last major German offensive of the First World War. Convinced that the war could be won by

1918: March 21 On March 21, Germany launched its Spring Offensive, aware that it was its last chance before the Americans arrived en masse and that

1918: March 3 Signed on March 3, 1918, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk brought about the end of the war between the Central Powers and

1917: December 9 On December 9, led by British Commander in Chief Sir Edmund Allenby, British forces took control of Jerusalem after only a day’s

1917: November 7 On November 7, the Bolshevik revolution officially overthrew the weak interim government established as a stop-gap measure to fill

1917: November 2 On November 2, 1917 the British issued the Balfour declaration, a document which promised a state in Palestine for the Jewish

1917: October 24 Launched on October 24 1917, the Battle of Caporetto was one of the most effective successes of the war by any belligerent. Also

1917: July 31 On July 31, the offensive known as the Battle of Passchendaele, or the Third Battle of Ypres, was launched by the Allies. The battle

1917: July 6 T.E. Lawrence, known as Lawrence of Arabia post World War I, was a British intelligence officer with knowledge of Arab affairs who was

1917: April 6 On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war on Germany. Despite the strong anti-war sentiment in Woodrow Wilson’s government, a

1917: March 15 On March 15, 1917, Tsar Nicolas II – ruler of Russia since 1894 – was forced to abdicate in favour of his brother, Grand Duke

1917: February 23 Following the success of the Brusilov offensive in the east, the heavy losses on the Western Front and the increasing likelihood

1917: January 22 In December 1916 US President Woodrow Wilson had asked for the two warring European sides to send him their conditions for peace

1916: August 27 Even before the start of World War I Romania had been at odds with Austria-Hungary over disputed territory, in particular the

1916: July 1 In order to raise enough men to make a decisive attack against on the Western Front, Britain replaced voluntary service with

1916: June 4 As the Battle of Verdun dragged on, France asked its allies to launch offensives that would draw German resources away from the

1916: May 31 In May of 1916 the entire German High Seas Fleet had recently been dispatched to continue attacks on the British coast. What the

1916: April 24 Since the outbreak of war, Irish nationalist Sir Roger Casement had been reaching out to Germany to convince them to aid an Irish

1916: February 21 While the Western Front struggled under the harsh conditions of trench warfare, German Chief of Staff Erich von Falkenhayn argued