end of world war 1 1917 –31 february germany announces unrestricted u-boat warfare –united...

END OF WORLD WAR 1• 1917

– 31 FEBRUARY GERMANY ANNOUNCES UNRESTRICTED U-BOAT WARFARE

– UNITED STATES RECEIVES ‘ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM’ FROM BRITAIN

• ALLEGED TO DETAIL PROPOSEDGERMAN ALLIANCE WITH MEXICOAGAINST THE UNITED STATES

– MARCH – FIRST RUSSIANREVOLUTION

– 6 APRIL UNITED STATESDECLARES WAR ON GERMANY

– 7 NOVEMBER – SECONDREVOLUTION PUTS BOLSHEVIKSIN POWER IN RUSSIA

• RUSSIA SIGNS TREATY OFBREST-LITOVSK WITH GERMANY VLADIMIR LENIN

END OF WORLD WAR 1• 1918

– MARCH TO JULY, GERMANY LAUNCHES A SERIES OF MAJOR OFFENCES ON THE WESTERN FRONT

– MAY - UNITED STATES FORCES BECOME EFFECTIVE ON WESTERN FRONT

– 3 AUGUST – BRITAIN & U.S. (SMALL CANADIAN CONTINGENT) LAND ATVLADIVOSTOK

– ON VERGE OF REVOLUTIONGERMANY NEGOTIATES ANARMISTICE SET FOR11 NOVEMBER 1918, BECOMES AREPUBLIC ON 10 NOVEMBER,KAISER WILHELM II ABDICATES

KAISER WILHELM

END OF WORLD WAR 1• 1919

– 10 TO 15 JANUARY - COMMUNIST REVOLT IN BERLIN

– 18 JANUARY - PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN IN PARIS

– JANUARY TO FEBRUARY – LEAGUE OF NATIONS FORMED

– 28 JUNE – TREATY OF VERSAILLES SIGNED

END OF WORLD WAR 1• AFTERMATH

– MORE THAN 60,000 CANADIANS DEAD– FIRST MAJOR MODERN WEDGE DRIVEN BETWEEN

FRENCH AND ENGLISH CANADIANS– IN SOME COMMUNITIES AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF

YOUNG MEN HAD DIED– IN MUCH OF WESTERN SOCIETY SURVIVORS OF THE

WAR RETURNED WITH A CYNICAL AND FATALISTIC ATTITUDE TOWARDS MODERN SOCIETY

– TROOPS WAITING IN BRITAIN FOR DE-MOBILIZATION RIOT AFTER RUMOURS THEY ARE TO BE KEPT IN SERVICE TO FIGHT THE BOLSHEVIK ARMY IN RUSSIA

– SOCIAL UNREST IS WIDESPREAD AND STRIKES ERUPT ACROSS THE COUNTRY – ESPECIALLY IN WINNIPEG