Wilhelm Abdicates

Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates, ending all German hope for a victory. He and his retinue quietly slip over the border into the Netherlands where he lives out the remainder of his life in relative peace and writes a self-promoting memoir defending his actions in the war.

The Meuse-Argonne Offensive

The forty-seven day Meuse-Argonne offensive commences and ultimately involves more than a million American troops, the largest battle in United State history.

The Battle of St. Mihiel

The Battle of St. Mihiel begins when 300,000 American troops under the direct command of General Pershing fling themselves into the German lines.

The Battle of Picardy

In this film, animated maps show the disposition of Allied and German troops prior to the Allied offensive; the Allied attack centered at Montdidier; the Allied advance across the Ailette and Oise Rivers; the collapse of German defenses in the Arras-Cambrai axis; and the grouping of the victorious Allied forces confronting the Hindenburg Line.

The Battle of Champagne

In this film, animated maps show German and Allied strength and troop distribution prior to the enemy attack between the Marne River and the Argonne Forest; shifting battles in the valley of the Ardre and the Rheims sector; and the Allied counter-offensive which retakes Chateau-Thierry, crosses the Marne River, and reaches the Aisne River.

The Battle of Matz

This is a film of animated maps show the German attack on the Allied lines between Assainvillers and the Oise River; the retreat and regrouping of the Allied forces; and the halting of the German offensive in the forest of Villers-Cotterets along the Aisne River.

Battle of Cantigny

The Battle of Cantigny is the first major American offensive of the war. Though small in scale, the Americans fight bravely and soon go on to larger attacks against German positions.

The Battle of L'Aisne, May 27 - June 16, 1918

This film of ainimated maps show the distribution of the German and Allied armies prior to the battle, the enemy's crossing of the Aisne, capture of Soissons, and push toward the Marne River; the arrival of Allied replacements; and the failure of German units to cross the Marne.

The Battle of Flanders, April 9 - May 1, 1918

In this film, animated maps show the German offensive movement centered around Ypres, the strengthening of the Allied lines with replacements, and the halting of the German advance short of its goal at Calais.

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