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Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary is assassinated. http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/ferdinand.htm
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Events spiralling throughout July, result in the first World War. http://www.firstworldwar.com/origins/julycrisis.htm
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On this day, President Woodrow Wilson made his "Fourteen Points" speech to Congress. His speech was made to assure the country that the war was being fought for a moral cause and to ensure peace in postwar France. http://firstworldwar.com/timeline/1918.htm
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US Forces are victorious intheir first major action, The Battle of Cantigny. http://www.firstdivisionmuseum.org/museum/online/toward_the_front/battle_of_cantigny/default.aspx
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President Wilson decides to have an intevention in Serbia.
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Today was the start of a successful Amien offensive that forced all German troops back to the Hindenburg Line. http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_amiens.html
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Germany and Austria send peace notes to President Wilson requesting an armistice.
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Austria-Hungary concludes an Armistice. http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/ww1/section11.rhtml
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On the day Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, fled to Holland, the German Republic was founded.
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On this day, leaders of the United States and Germany held a meeting on Ferdinand Foch's railway headquarters in Compiegne, France. The Armistice to end the war was signed at 6am and put into force five hours later. http://www.oldandsold.com/articles26/world-war-one-1.shtml http://firstworldwar.com/timeline/1918.htm