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There were two major battles fought by the Marne River near Paris, France.
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The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle fought by the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, against the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer during the First World War.
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Germany resumed unrestricted submarine warfare.
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Wilson was shown a telegram that the British had intercepted.
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Zimmerman telegram was released to the press.
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Military defeats and food shortages led to an uprising.
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Military defeats and food shortages led to an uprising.
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A new government vowed to keep Russia in the war.
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Wilson asked congress to declare war against the central powers. His goal he declared to fight.
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Kaiser Wilhelm ll fled to Holland. There. He soon gave up the throne. Germany became Republic.
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The first large-scale battle fought by American soldiers in World War I begins in Belleau Wood, northwest of the Paris-to-Metz road.
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One of the first actions of the American Expeditionary Forces under General John J.
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Allied forces pushed forward along a line that stretched from north sea to Verdun. The Americans were towards the right. More than one Million American soldiers advanced on heavily forfeited German Positions between the Meuse River and the Argonne Forest in northeastern France.
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The head of the German government sent Wilson a note requesting an Armistice based on the fourteen points. But Wilson ultimately had little say.
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German delegates reluctantly signed a treaty. However German anger at the Treaty of Versailles would later set the stage for another war.