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Royal Field Artillery Guns in action at Vimy Ridge during the Battle of Arras during April 1917.

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World War 1, also known as the First World War or the Great War and the War to End All Wars, was a world conflict lasting from 1914 to 1919, with the fighting lasting until 1918. The war was fought by the Allies on one side, and the Central Powers on the other. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers or involved so many in the field of battle. By its end, the war had become the second bloodiest conflict in recorded history.
World War 1 became infamous for trench warfare, where troops were confined to trenches because of tight defenses. This was especially true of the Western Front. More than 9 million died on the battlefield, and nearly that many more on the home fronts because of food shortages, genocide, and ground combat. Among other notable events, the first large-scale bombing from the air was undertaken and some of the century's first large-scale civilian massacres took place, as one of the aspects of modern efficient, non-chivalrous warfare.

I hope you will enjoy viewing worldwar-1.net and find its information both helpful and interesting. The website includes an exhaustive day by day timeline, covering every event that occured during World War 1, in chronological order from 1914 through to 1919, which gives a fascinating insight into what was arguably the first industrial war in our history.



More detail to the websites timelines has recently been added, particularly those for 1918 and 1919 which have received a lot if new data. Work also continues on other projects, one of which is a timeline of events immediatley after World War 1. I shall update this and other projects in due course. Webmaster		22nd April 1915 The Second Battle of Ypres begins. Poison gas is used for the first time by Germans in an attack on the Canadian sector. 23rd April 1915 Allied forces make landings an Gallipoli, Turkey 4th April 1916 The American naval and military attaches in Paris and London draft a plan for mobilizing US shipping to carry an American army to Europe, but their plan is ignored. 19th April 1916 President Wilson, publicly calls for the German's to stop their submarine policy of sinking all ships in enemy waters without warning. 27th April 1916 Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, the British Secretary of State for War, asks for American military participation in Europe. 29th April 1916 British forces surrender to Turkish forces at Kut in Mesopotamia. 2nd April 1917 President Woodrow Wilson delivers war address to Congress at 8:32 pm and asks the House of Representatives to declare war on Germany. 5th April 1917 German forces finish their withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line. 6th April 1917 United States comes out of neutrality and declares war on Germany, thus entering the First World War. 9th April 1917 The Nivelle Offensive begins. 13th April 1917 Canadian troops take Vimy Ridge and the surrounding area in one of Canada's finest battles of the war. 20th April 1917 The Nivelle Offensive, which includes the Second Battle of Aisne and the Third Battle of Champagne ends in French Failure. 29th April 1917 Chemin des Dames Offensive ends in disastrous failure for the French having advanced only 500 yards at the cost of 250,000 casualties. A month long series of mutinies break out amongst the French army. 9th April 1918 Germany launches second Spring offensive, the Battle of the Lys, in the British sector of Armentieres. 14th April 1918 Foch appointed Commander-in-Chief of Allied forces on Western Front.

German Fokker DR.I

The Fokker DR.I triplane was built after the Sopwith Triplane. While not as fast as contemporary biplanes, the Dreidecker could easily outclimb any opponent. Small, lightweight and highly maneuverable, it offered good upward visibility and lacked the traditional bracing wires that could be shot away during combat. This combination of features made it an outstanding plane in a dogfight. When the DR.I first entered service, antagonists scoffed until pilots like Werner Voss Flying a prototype, shot down 10 British aircraft in 6 days of aerial combat during September 1917. Unfortunately, the DR.I was not without problems. By the end of October 1917, it was temporarily withdrawn from service when several pilots, including Heinrich Gontermann, were killed as a result of wing failures. Despite structural improvements, the Fokker triplane's reputation among German airmen never recovered.