Sport Football transfers: The movers, shakers and maybes 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 21/07/2014
World Germany signs the Armistice of Compiègne 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 21/07/2014
World Armistice of Mudros Armistice signed by Ottoman and British leaders ending hostilities in the Middle Eastern theatre of war. Led to the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire 21/07/2014
World Battle of Vittorio Veneto 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 21/07/2014
World The Battles of the Hindenburg Line 1918: September 26-October 17 The Hindenburg Line consisted of six defensive systems established during the winter of 1916-1917 from Arras to 21/07/2014
World Battle of Megiddo 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 21/07/2014
France France Interior Minister criticises attacks on Jewish businesses France’s Foreign Minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, has hit out at the “unacceptable” anti-Semitic attacks on Jewish businesses during demonstrations in 21/07/2014
World The Vardar offensive The last action on the Balkan front. Bulgaria capitulates to a multi-national allied force 21/07/2014
World Start of the Allies’ Hundred Days Offensive 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 21/07/2014
World 2nd Battle of the Marne 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 21/07/2014
World Germany launches its Spring Offensive 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 21/07/2014
World Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 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 21/07/2014
World Britain takes control of Jerusalem 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 21/07/2014
World Bolshevik revolution 1917: November 7 On November 7, the Bolshevik revolution officially overthrew the weak interim government established as a stop-gap measure to fill 21/07/2014
World Balfour Declaration 1917: November 2 On November 2, 1917 the British issued the Balfour declaration, a document which promised a state in Palestine for the Jewish 21/07/2014
World Battle of Caporetto, Austrians and Germans break through the Italian line 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 21/07/2014
World Battle of Passchendaele 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 21/07/2014
World Lawrence of Arabia leads Arab rebels to seize Aqaba (Jordan) 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 21/07/2014
World US declares war on Germany 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 21/07/2014
World Tsar Nicholas abdicates 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 21/07/2014
World Germans withdraw to the Hindenburg Line 1917: February 23 Following the success of the Brusilov offensive in the east, the heavy losses on the Western Front and the increasing likelihood 21/07/2014
World US President Wilson delivers ‘Peace Without Victory speech’ 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 21/07/2014
World Battle of Transylvania 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 21/07/2014
World Battle of the Somme 1916: July 1 In order to raise enough men to make a decisive attack against on the Western Front, Britain replaced voluntary service with 21/07/2014
World Brusilov Offensive 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 21/07/2014
World Battle of Jutland 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 21/07/2014
World Easter Rising 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 21/07/2014
World One hundred years ago, the Battle of Verdun 1916: February 21 While the Western Front struggled under the harsh conditions of trench warfare, German Chief of Staff Erich von Falkenhayn argued 21/07/2014
