Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/News/November 2018/World War I timeline
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This month in World War I |
- By TomStar81
| Theaters/Fronts | ||
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| Western | Eastern | Italian |
| Caucasian | Middle Eastern | Balkan |
| African | Naval | Air |
| Politics | Asian and Pacific | Gallipoli |
| Dates | Events | |
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| November | First Spanish Flu cases in Spain, where reports on the disease are published freely due to the lack of wartime censorship. | |
| November 1 | Battle of Chesne (Closing phase of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive). | Details |
| November 1–2 | Battle of Valenciennes, closing phase of the Hundred Days Offensive. | Details |
| November 3 | Austria-Hungary signs the armistice with Italy, effective November 4. | |
| November 4 | Battle of the Sambre, closing phase of the Hundred Days Offensive. | Details |
| Second Battle of Guise, a phase of the Battle of Sambre. | Details | |
| Battle of Thierache, a phase of the Battle of Sambre. | Details | |
| November 6–11 | Advance to the Meuse. | |
| November 9 | Germany: Kaiser William II abdicates; republic proclaimed. | Details |
| November 10 | Austria-Hungary: Kaiser Charles I abdicates. | Details |
| Romania reanudates the war against the Central Powers. | ||
| November 11 | At 6 am, Germany signs the Armistice of Compiègne. End of fighting at 11 a.m. | Details |
| Poland proclaimed. | ||
| November 12 | Austria proclaimed a republic. | |
| November 14 | Czechoslovakia proclaimed a republic. | Details |
| German U-boats interned. | ||
| 3 days after the armistice, fighting ends in the East African theater when General von Lettow-Vorbeck agrees a cease-fire on hearing of Germany's surrender. | Details | |
| November 18 | Alexander Kolchak seizes control of the Provisional All-Russian Government in a coup. | |
| November 21 | Germany's Hochseeflotte surrendered to the United Kingdom. | Details |
| November 22 | The Germans evacuate Luxembourg. | |
| November 25 | 11 days after agreeing a cease-fire, General von Lettow-Vorbeck formally surrenders his undefeated army at Abercorn in present-day Zambia. | Details |
| November 27 | The Germans evacuate Belgium. |
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