The Central Powers were left exposed in the Balkans, after Bulgaria dropped out of WW1 under an armistice which came into effect on 30 September 1918.
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Tag: Campaigns
Kick-starting the Meuse-Argonne: The American Army goes again on Western Front
Patrick Gregory on the relaunch of America's stalled offensive in northeastern France 100 years ago.
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Kick-starting the Meuse-Argonne: The American Army goes again on Western Front
Patrick Gregory on the relaunch of America’s stalled offensive in northeastern France 100 years ago.
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The last days of WW1 – October/November 1918
A Centenary News glance at key events in the closing days of the Great War, as the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires stopped fighting, and Germany too edged towards a ceasefire.
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The Armistice – the Guns of the Great War fell silent 100 years ago today
The Armistice ending the First World War was agreed in Marshal Foch’s train at Compiègne early on the morning of 11 November 1918, coming into effect at 11 o’clock.
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