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an international meeting of anti-war women met in Holland, campaigning for a negotiated peace; the press of Europe reacted with scorn. Women ...
the second Battle of Ypres established the reputation of the Canadians as a fighting force as they held their ground against chlorine gas attacks. -
Battle of Verdun, fought by Fren German troops at massive cost and no overall gains.
began with all sides planning assaults: Germany wanted to grind French manpower down through a war of attrition, forcing them to defend the symbolic Fortress of Verdun at horrific cost, while the Entente aimed to breakthrough on the Somme. In the East, the Germans planned to hold firm while different Russian armies planned attacks. Meanwhile, Romania enters the war as an Entente power. -
Turkey declares independence from European suzerainty.
Britain and France begin 1917 under the aegis of Neville, a man determined to launch an ambitious plan of attack, while German High Command is similarly influenced, accepting predictions that a full submarine campaign against all shipping would break Britain before the US responded -
President Woodrow Wilson delivers his fourteen points speech to the U.S. Congress
A separate peace treaty is signed by Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey) at Brest-Litovsk -
Wilson presents his 'Fourteen Points'
The Austro-German leadership believes the Western Front must be stormed and a surrender forced before US troops arrive in strength; however, the Central Powers have gained so much land from Russia that the Eastern Front troops remain tied up. In contrast, the Allies have survived a year of discontent to find millions of reinforcements arriving, ready for their new assaults. -
Communists begin a revolt in Berlin.
With World War 1 over, the Allies squable between themselves over the terms of the treaty of versailles, whilst Germany sinks into violence and chaos as the Freikorps puts down various Communists attempts to seize power. -
The Treaty of Trianon is signed by Hungary and the Allies.
The Treaty of Sévres is signed by the former Ottoman Empire and the Allies. -
- WWII■1921 Population of Chermside 1131 (POP)
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The transformation of the Ottoman empire to the Turkish republic 1918-1922 was not without its pthe roblems, one of the influx of Greeks into the area around Izmir.
