Two waves of influenza kill more people than did the war. (Link goes to PBS: American Experience)

President Woodrow Wilson declares his 14 points as the path to permanent world peace.

Photo: President Wilson

Germans launch the first of five major offensives to win the war before American troops appear in the trenches. German advance is finally stopped in late June

Baron von Richthofen, "the Red Baron" is killed in air dog-fight. (Link goes to PBS: Nova)

British and Australian troops stop the German advance near Amiens.

German shells land on Paris.

Germans on the banks of the Marne near Paris are stopped by American forces at Chateau-Thierry.

Photo: American soldiers in trenches

German troops being shipped from the Eastern to Western Front begin to desert in large numbers from their transport trains

Former Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, children, and members of his entourage are murdered by the Bolsheviks.

Photo: Tsar Nicholas II and family in captivity

President Wilson agrees to co-operate with Allies in sending "volunteer" troops into Russia.

Allied counter offensives on the Somme push the German army back and into retreat

Allied troops break through the German fortifications at the Hindenberg line.

German sailors mutiny at port when asked to sail and fight a hopeless navel battle.

Photo: German World War 1 battleship

Turks sign armistice

Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates.

Photo: Kaiser Wilhelm II

A German republic is founded.

At eleven o'clock on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the war ends as Germany and Allies sign an Armistice.

Photo: American soldiers celebrate end of war

Woodrow Wilson sets sail for the Paris Peace conference. (Link goes to PBS: American Experience)

Photo: President Woodrow Wilson aboard the "George Washington" headed for Europe