The First World War by year - 1918

The final year of World War One crippled armies, broke empires and reshaped continents - but can you name the specifics?

This quiz does not cover every event during wartime 1918, only some key aspects

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Date	Hint	Answer
8th January	This president of the United States outlines his "Fourteen Points"	Woodrow Wilson
21st February	The British capture this Middle Eastern city after a 2-day assault	Jericho
21st February	Germans capture the capital of what is now Belarus	Minsk
25th February	German troops capture this modern-day Baltic state	Estonia
2nd March	German troops capture the capital of modern-day Ukraine	Kiev
23rd March	Artillery bombardment of this Allied city lasts until August	Paris
1st April	This branch in the armed forces is founded by combining the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service	Royal Air Force
7th May	This treaty between Romania and Central Powers was never ratified	Treaty of Bucharest
21st May	The Ottomans invade this Caucasian nation	Armenia
8th June	Germany begins to interfere with countries in this Eastern European region	Caucuses
15th July	The battle that would be the last German offensive on the Western Front initiates	Second Battle of the Marne
17th July	The Tsar of Russia and his family were shot by this group in the morning	Bolsheviks
8th August	The last offensive on the Western Front begins	The Hundred Days Offensive
26th August	The Battle of Baku was the last offence staged by this belligerent	Ottoman Empire
14th September	The Vardar Offensive was the final offensive on this front	Balkan Front
15th September	The Allies break through the lines of the army of this country	Bulgaria
19th September	The Battle of Megiddo results in the British conquering this region	Palestine
26th September	This army of this country enters Syria	The United Kingdom
30th September	This nation signs an armistice with the Allies	Bulgaria
20th October	Germany, for the final time, suspends this branch of warfare	Submarine Warfare
30th October	This state signs the Armistice of Mudros	Ottoman Empire
3rd November	Alongside Austria-Hungary, this country signs the armistice	Italy
9th November	This emperor abdicates his rule, a republic is proclaimed for the corresponding country	Kaiser Wilhelm II
10th November	Kaiser Charles I abdicates his rule from this country	Austria-Hungary
11th November	Germany signs the Armistice of Compiegne, fighting ends at this time	11 o'clock AM
11th November	This country is claimed in place of what was eastern territory of the German Empire	Poland
12th November	This country is proclaimed a republic	Austria
14th November	This country is proclaimed a republic	Czechoslovakia
14th November	Fighting ends in this theatre of war	East Africa
22nd November	The Germans evacuate from this Western European country	Luxembourg
25th November	General von Lettow-Vorbeck formally surrenders his undefeated army at Abercorn in this present day African country	Zambia
27th November	The Germans evacuate from this Western European country	Belgium
1st December	The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is proclaimed, but is better known by this name, officially changed in 1929	Yugoslavia

Level 84

Jan 7, 2015

Great quiz! One quibble: "The Ottomans invade this Balkan nation" The answer is a country that's not in the Balkans. Maybe you meant Caucasian nation?

Level 32

Jan 7, 2015

Thanks! Youre very correct! I did mean Caucasian, all fixed now :)

Level 75

Mar 4, 2017

It's CAUCASUS - the spelling in the answer is not even an alternative!

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