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The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914–1918. A&C Black. ISBN 9781472508850. Gerhard Hirschfeld, Gerd Krumeich and Irina Renz (2018). 1918. Die Deutschen zwischen Weltkrieg und Revolution, Chr. Links Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86153-990-2. (in German) Kitchen, Martin. The German Offensive of 1918 (2001)
The Treaty of Berlin divides the Samoan archipelago between Germany and the United States, respectively, creating American Samoa and German Samoa. With the end of the Spanish–American War, Spanish colonies in Oceania are divided: Germany gains the Mariana Islands (except Guam) and the Caroline Islands; Spain cedes Guam to the United States.
German soldiers resting during the occupation of the town of Hautmont. German occupation of the city hall (hôtel de ville) of Caudry, France, during World War I.. The German occupation of north-east France refers to the period in which French territory, mostly along the border with Belgium and Luxembourg, was under military occupation by the German Empire during World War I.
Germany besieges and captures fortified Longwy, "the Iron Gate to Paris", near the Luxembourg border, opening France to mass German invasion. August 3 Politics: Germany declares war on France. [14] Belgium denies permission for German forces to pass through to the French border. [15] [16] Politics
Tensions between France and Germany. Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) – brought the establishment of a powerful and dynamic Germany, causing what was seen as a displacement or unbalancing of power; Tensions between the United Kingdom and Germany Naval arms race between the United Kingdom and the German Empire; Tensions between Italy and Austria
French entry into World War I: Germany declared war on France. 1918: 11 November: World War I: The first armistice at Compiègne was signed between France and Germany, ending the Great War. France regained Alsace-Lorraine. 1923: January: Beginning of Franco-Belgian occupation of the Ruhr. 1924: 13 June: Gaston Doumergue began his term as ...
The key factors leading to the revolution were the extreme burdens suffered by the German people during the war, the economic and psychological impacts of the Empire's defeat, and the social tensions between the general populace and the aristocratic and bourgeois elite. [1] [2] The revolution began in late October 1918 with a sailors' mutiny at ...
Sabotage at Black Tom: Imperial Germany's Secret War in America. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1989. ISBN 0-912697-98-9 OCLC 18379558; Zeiger, Susan. "The schoolhouse vs. the armory: US teachers and the campaign against militarism in the schools, 1914–1918." Journal of Women's History 15.2 (2003): 150-179. online