Review of a Year of War and Peace in 1918
Donald F Biggs surveys 1918 as the year World War I ended and peace arrived. He notes empires collapsing Austria Hungary and Germany, Russia in civil war, bolshevik upheaval, and a rise of democracy. The piece frames America and allies as strong surplus to meet postwar duties while autocracy waned and freedom spread. Brighter days for mankind dawned with 1918’s close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald F. Biggs
America
Austria-Hungary
Russia
How the War Was Won 1918 Overview
A condensed chronology of 1918 detailing the Allied and German offensives from January through December, key battles at Loos La Fere Amiens and the Marne, the shift to Allied command under Foch, U boat casualties, American entry and actions, Russia peace moves, armistice signals, Wilsons peace diplomacy, and the postwar political changes across Europe including Germany’s collapse, the formation of new states, and global flu pandemic effects.
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la Fere
Amiens
Foch
Paris
Flanders
Channel
Somme
River Lys
Messines
Ypres
Hazebrouck
Zeebrugge
Aisne
Marne
Chemin-des- Dames
Soissons
Vesle
Chateau-Thierry
Verneuil
Reims
Cantigny
Picardy
United States
Chateau- Thierry
Noyon
Russia
Siberia
Count von Mirbach
Moscow
Murman
Haig
Montdidier Salient
Turkey
Max
Wilson
Hindenburg
Pershing
Meuse
Argonne Forest
Chemin Des Davies
Laon
Argonne
Germany
Albert
Ostend
Bruges
Tile
Belgium
France
Piave
1918 Disasters Toll Across Land and Sea
A historical summary catalogs 1918 calamities from fires and railroad wrecks to U boats. It lists convent fires in Montreal with 52 children dead, the Hiner Florizel wreck near Cape Race with 92 lives lost, and many other disasters including ship sinkings, explosions, a tornado in Minnesota, and the mysterious disappearance of the Cyrelops with two missing crew.
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Montreal
Canada
Pebrygoy
St. Johns
N. B
New York
Cape Race
Norman
Okla
Delaware
Aetna Chen
Pittsburgh
Gary
Ind
Sioux City
Eoghan
Syracuse
N. Y
Ilinois River
Pe Sons
Nashville
Tema
Minnesota
Tyler
Connors
United States
Otrante
Alaskan
Brooklyn
Belgium
Germany
United States Navy
Cyrelops
West Indies
War shaped U S life in 1918 with votes and prohibitions
The year saw war influence across policy. Woman suffrage failed in the Senate after passage in the House. A nationwide prohibition law was enacted and set to take effect June 30, 1919. President Wilson ordered malt liquor manufacture halted December 1. Early 1918 brought tighter federal control to aid war efforts and public safety. Fuel Administrator Garfield ordered five days of industry shutdown east of the Mississippi to ease coal shortages, followed by a rescission of heatless Mondays in February.
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Congress
Wilson
Chicago
United States
Senate
House
William G. McAdoo
the Treasury
Carter Glass
Virginia
Mr. McAdoo
Stephens
California
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
United States Navy
Badger
General Board of the Navy
Wilson Tift
Labor Unrest and War Efforts Opened Year
Turbulence in shipyard labor threatened wartime plans early in the year with strikes in five yards by February. President Wilson urged cooperation to avert trouble as a Labor Board wage advance failed to quell discontent, leading to a wartime settlement framework on March 29.
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Labor Adjustment Board
Wilson
William L. Hutcheson
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
KK P
Worded Fragment Cites Sparse Year-End Strikes
A fragment notes only a few strikes occurring by the year’s end, implying low labor activity and limited disruption as the period closes. The text lacks clear dates, organizations, or individuals to name.
Notable Losses Mark 1918 in Public Life and Arts
A year’s necrology lists prominent figures who died in 1918 across politics, diplomacy, the arts, and religion. Names include US Senators Brady Hughes Broussard Stone Gallinger James, former leaders like Gardner Redmond and Rostand, and cultural figures such as Anna Held and Edmond Rostand, with deaths occurring from January to December in various cities and nations. The list reflects the toll of war and global upheaval on leaders, authors, artists, and educators alike.
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United States
James H. Brady
Idaho
A. I. Gardner
Maassachusettts
William Hughes
New Jersey
John L. Sullivan
West Kington
Mass
Abdul Hamri
Turkey
Cecil Spring-Rice
America
John Redmond
London
George von L. Meyer
Cainet
Boston
Senaator
J. F. Broussard
Louisiana
Willian Joel Stone
Missouri
James Gordon Bennet
New York Her Ie
Paris
Ramon M. Val
New Lamershire
Ollie M. James
Kentucky
John’. Farley
New York
John Ireland
St. Paul
Charles Lecocq
Russell Sage
Andrew White
Robert J. Cel Her
Gen. H. C. King
C. R. van Hise
University of Wisconsin
Joseph F. Smith
Mormon Church
Edmond Rostand
Eric Kewnnenet
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Versailles
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West Front
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von Hertling
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Trotzky
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Toul
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Ukraine
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Brest-Litovsk
River
Oise
Sensee
Crosselles
Fifth Army
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Plave
Massiges
Crown Prince
Sergy
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Llandovery Castle
England
Lassigny
Bapaume
Peronne
Roye
Lys Salient
St. Michiel Salient
Macedonia
Holy Land
St. Quentin
Washington
Stries
Malinoff
Bulgaria
Teutons
Allied War Council
Grand Pre
Marshal Foch
Sedan
Metz
Rhine
Austria
Charles of Austria
Herr Liebknecht
Lansing
Col. E. M. House
Henry White
Tasker H. Bliss
Supreme War Council
Brest
Europe
Czecho-Slovak Republic
Great Britain
Prague
Poland
Finland
Republic of China
Hsu Shih Chang
Peru
Chile
Tacna
Arica
Sidonia Paes
Portugal
Lisbon
Canto Y. Castro
Mannerheim
Labor and Industry
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