after four years world war one finally
drew to a close in 1918 ending one of
the worst military conflicts in history
hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be looking
at the final days of World War one and
how it finally came to an end there was
several key events instrumental in
ending the conflict Great Britain’s
naval blockade of Germany is considered
crucial established in the first year of
the war this blockade aimed to restrict
Germany’s maritime access to raw
materials and food Germany attempted its
own blockade of Great Britain and in
1917 adopted a policy of unrestricted
submarine warfare this posed a great
danger to commercial shipping between
the US and Europe it was for this reason
the United States finally declared war
on Germany April 6 1917 meanwhile war
efforts in Russia were growing unpopular
their economy was near collapse and food
shortages led to protests from civilians
these protests resulted in the
abdication of Tsar Nicholas ii and the
appointment of a provisional government
seeing their army becoming increasingly
ineffective on the Eastern Front
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks Party
came to power promising to pull Russia
out of the war on the 3rd of March 1918
Russia agreed to the Treaty of
brest-litovsk and ceded large portions
of its land to Germany now that the war
was all but over on the Eastern Front
Germany could transfer their troops west
however it was necessary to leave troops
behind to occupy the large amount of
acquired territory on the Western Front
the Allies were set to receive a massive
boost of manpower and resources from the
United States in an attempt to end the
war before this could happen
Germany pushed forward with the spring
offensive of 1918 the Germans were
initially successful and moved to within
75 miles of Paris however they were
unable to solidify these gains adding
insult to injury Germany’s morale at
home and on the front was quickly fading
starting August 8th a series of
offensives was launched by the Allies
which effectively ended the first world
war now known as the hundred days
offensive this surge ended when an
agreement was signed to cease fighting
on November 11th 1918
the other central powers Bulgaria and
the
an empire had all signed their own
armistice earlier in the year despite
fighting being over the war did not
formally end until numerous treaties
were signed between the nations involved
most notable of these was the Treaty of
Versailles which Germany signed on June
28th 1919 this treaty demanded the
Germany accept sole responsibility for
causing the war as well as pay billions
of dollars in reparations ironically the
severe and controversial Treaty of
Versailles is considered by many as a
direct cause of the Second World War
drew to a close in 1918 ending one of
the worst military conflicts in history
hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be looking
at the final days of World War one and
how it finally came to an end there was
several key events instrumental in
ending the conflict Great Britain’s
naval blockade of Germany is considered
crucial established in the first year of
the war this blockade aimed to restrict
Germany’s maritime access to raw
materials and food Germany attempted its
own blockade of Great Britain and in
1917 adopted a policy of unrestricted
submarine warfare this posed a great
danger to commercial shipping between
the US and Europe it was for this reason
the United States finally declared war
on Germany April 6 1917 meanwhile war
efforts in Russia were growing unpopular
their economy was near collapse and food
shortages led to protests from civilians
these protests resulted in the
abdication of Tsar Nicholas ii and the
appointment of a provisional government
seeing their army becoming increasingly
ineffective on the Eastern Front
Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks Party
came to power promising to pull Russia
out of the war on the 3rd of March 1918
Russia agreed to the Treaty of
brest-litovsk and ceded large portions
of its land to Germany now that the war
was all but over on the Eastern Front
Germany could transfer their troops west
however it was necessary to leave troops
behind to occupy the large amount of
acquired territory on the Western Front
the Allies were set to receive a massive
boost of manpower and resources from the
United States in an attempt to end the
war before this could happen
Germany pushed forward with the spring
offensive of 1918 the Germans were
initially successful and moved to within
75 miles of Paris however they were
unable to solidify these gains adding
insult to injury Germany’s morale at
home and on the front was quickly fading
starting August 8th a series of
offensives was launched by the Allies
which effectively ended the first world
war now known as the hundred days
offensive this surge ended when an
agreement was signed to cease fighting
on November 11th 1918
the other central powers Bulgaria and
the
an empire had all signed their own
armistice earlier in the year despite
fighting being over the war did not
formally end until numerous treaties
were signed between the nations involved
most notable of these was the Treaty of
Versailles which Germany signed on June
28th 1919 this treaty demanded the
Germany accept sole responsibility for
causing the war as well as pay billions
of dollars in reparations ironically the
severe and controversial Treaty of
Versailles is considered by many as a
direct cause of the Second World War
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