Main Events

World War I

Important Events

1 June 1916

Battle of Jutland

The British and German naval Forces met again. The German ships did damage to British.

1 July - Nov 1916

Battle of the Somme

This was a battle that lasted for five months. Although 60,000 British men were killed and seriously wounded on the first day, Field Marshall Douglas Haig ordered that the battle must continue. Although the British were the first side to use tanks in this battle, they numbered so few that their impact wasn't that big

1917

New war commander

Lloyd George, who had never trusted his war minister's ability to direct the war, persuaded the Cabinet to appoint the French General Nivelle as supreme war commander over Haig's head. Haig was assured that the appointment was for one operation only and that if he felt the British army was being misused by the Frenchman he could appeal to the British government.

1917

Churchill Minister of Munitions

Following the heavy defeat at Passchendale, Lloyd George decided that he wanted Churchill in the Cabinet. Churchill was duly appointed Minister of Munitions.

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Nov 1917

W. Front Cambrai

The British took a large force of tanks across the barbed wire and machine gun posts at Cambrai.

8 - 11 Aug 1918

Battle of Amiens

The British general, Haig, ordered the attack of the German sector at Amiens. At the same time the news came through that the allies had broken through from Salonika and forced Bulgaria to sue for peace.

Mid October 1918

Allies recover France and Belgium

The allies had taken almost all of German-occupied France and part of Belgium.

November 11, 1918

End of War

Bibliography

History on the Net. 2000-2010. 25 January 2011 <http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/WW1_timeline.htm>