The Great War S05E18 · Pershing Under Pressure - The End Of La Lys - Week 197

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Even though the German spring offensive is not able to gain any ground in Flanders, the allied casualties are mounting. This increases the pressure on John J. Pershing and the American troops in Europe to finally join the battle.

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1. 1 1. Machinations In The British High Command - Week 1802018-01-04 · 9m1918 starts with machinations in the British High Command since Prime Minister Lloyd George is holding back troops and generally would like to replace Sir Douglas Haig as commander
2. 2 2. Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points - Week 1812018-01-11 · 10mIn the first full week of 1918, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson outlines his points for peace. In the Caucasus, the increasing instability leads to daily skirmishes between the Armen
3. 3 3. Assassination Attempt on Lenin - Chaos in Romania - Week 1822018-01-18 · 10mThis week in Russia, Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin was almost killed by sharpshooters in Petrograd and the Constituent Assembly meets. Tensions rise as Russia issues an ultimatum
4. 4 4. Civil War in Finland and Ukraine - Week 1832018-01-25 · 10mThis week in the Great War, two more wars start - the Finnish Civil War and the Ukrainian War of Independence. Meanwhile, David Lloyd George pulls some strings in France, even as L
5. 5 5. Strikes and Mutiny - Week 1842018-02-01 · 10mPublic opinion is turning against the war for the Central Powers but not only that, mutinies are also happening more frequently. Winning the war will be a race against time for Lud
6. 6 6. Austro-Hungarian House of Cards - Week 1852018-02-08 · 10mThe situation for Austria-Hungary is dire, even after the success in Italy and the peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk. Strikes and mutinies break out across the Empire and the eme
7. 7 7. No War, No Peace – Trotsky's Gamble - Week 1862018-02-15 · 10mThe negotiations between the Bolsheviks, the German High Command and Austria-Hungary reach a new low this week 100 years ago. Leon Trotsky is playing for time since the revolutions
8. 8 8. Operation Faustschlag - Germany Advances In The East Again - Week 1872018-02-22Germany has had enough with the stalling tactics by the Bolsheviks and is unleashing its military might on the Eastern Front again to show who is in charge. Within the first days o
9. 9 9. Ludendorff's Window Of Opportunity - Week 1882018-03-01German victory in the East, chaos in the British High Command, stable fronts in the Balkans and Italy, the US still not in full strength; German General Erich Ludendorff has a wind
10. 10 10. Peace In The East - The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk - Week 1892018-03-08 · 10mGermany and the Russian Bolshevik Government sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending hostilities on the Eastern Front. Previously Germany had resumed the war in the East to put pre
11. 11 11. Allied Unified Command On The Horizon - Week 1902018-03-15 · 10mWhile Germany is occupying a territory from the North Sea to the Black Sea and planning it's huge spring offensive, the Allies are still trying to get behind the idea of a unified
12. 12 12. Kaiserschlacht - German Spring Offensive 1918 - Week 1912018-03-22 · 10mIt was all or nothing for the German Army under General Erich Ludendorff now: They unleashed the biggest offensive of the entire war on the Western Front trying to split the Britis
13. 13 13. Backs To The Wall - All Eyes On Amiens - Week 1922018-03-29 · 10mThe German Operation Michael continues this week and after some uncertainty, the Germans put their eyes on Amiens. The city is a vital communications and transport hub for the Ente
14. 14 14. Operation Michael Runs Out Of Breath - Week 1932018-04-05 · 10mTwo weeks after the initial success of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael looses pace and direction. The German supply situation is dire and when the troops find cattle
15. 15 15. The Battle of La Lys - Operation Georgette - Week 1942018-04-12 · 10mA year after the US entry into the war, the German Spring Offensive 1918 continues with operations Archangel and Georgette. The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps has to pay the price
16. 16 16. Knocking Out The Hejaz Railway - Week 1952018-04-19 · 10mWhile the Germans are still advancing in Flanders (Operation Georgette), the other fronts are not always quiet. In Palestine, the British forces and the Arab Revolt are taking the
17. 17 17. The First Tank-on-Tank Battle in History - The Zeebrugge Raid - Week 1962018-04-26 · 10mAt Villers-Bretonneux, German and British tanks clash marking the first tank-on-tank battle in history. In the same week, the most successful flying ace of World War 1 is shot down
18. 18 18. Pershing Under Pressure - The End Of La Lys - Week 1972018-05-03 · 10mEven though the German spring offensive is not able to gain any ground in Flanders, the allied casualties are mounting. This increases the pressure on John J. Pershing and the Amer
19. 19 19. The Ostende Raid - Peace of Bucharest - Week 1982018-05-10 · 10mEven though the first raid on Ostende and the Raid on Zeebrugge were not entirely succesfull, the Royal Navy is still determined to block access to the German submarine ports in Be
20. 20 20. Rebellion - Week 1992018-05-17 · 10mThe summer of 1918 saw many ethnic and political groups within the warring empires to openly rebel. The Austro-Hungarian Army saw open mutiny every week, the Irish rebelled against
21. 21 21. Bombs Away - German Thirst For Caucasian Oil - Week 2002018-05-24 · 10mIn the 200th week of the war, the total nature of modern warfare is truly showing its face. The warring nations escalate their bombing campaigns and the German troops in the Caucas
22. 22 22. 50 Miles To Paris - Third Battle Of The Aisne - Week 2012018-05-31 · 10mThe German spring offensive has lost some traction over the past few weeks but the Allies are still under pressure. With Operations Blücher and York, the Germans are getting within
23. 23 23. The Battle of Belleau Wood Begins - Week 2022018-06-07 · 10mThe German Army is still threatening Paris and the situation for the Allies looks dire. Reluctantly, General Pershing agrees to put some of the American troops into action at Belle
24. 24 24. The French Counter Attack At Matz - Week 2032018-06-14 · 10mThe French have cracked the German radio code on the Western Front and use their advantage for a counterattack at Matz. The already hastily planed German attack during Operation Gn
25. 25 25. Second Battle of the Piave River - Week 2042018-06-21 · 10mEven though Austro-Hungarian Field Marshal Svetozar Boroević von Bojna warns against, the Austro-Hungarian Army goes on the offensive in Italy again. In a two-pronged attack Boroje
26. 26 26. The Run For The Baku Oil Fields - Week 2052018-06-28 · 10mWhile the Ottoman Army of Islam is marching on Baku and the Caspian Sea, multiple other players are trying to stake their claim of the Baku oil fields.
27. 27 27. The First Modern Battle - The Battle of Hamel - Week 2062018-07-05 · 10mThe Battle of Hamel is considered as the first modern battle. Masterminded by Australian general John Monash, it included meticulous planning and integrated tanks, artillery, airpl
28. 28 28. The Gardeners Of Salonica Prepare A New Offensive - Week 2072018-07-12 · 10mThe Macedonian Front has been quite since the recapture of Monastir except for some minor battles like at Skra. But the five nation Army of the Orient wants to change that and is r
29. 29 29. 2nd Battle Of The Marne - Turning Point On The Western Front - Week 2082018-07-19 · 10mThe German Army launches an diversionary attack from the Rheims-Soisson salient and increases the pressure on Paris. But the Allies knew about the attack and for the first time, th
30. 30 30. Ludendorff's Last Swing - Week 2092018-07-26 · 10mAll of Germany's recent offensives have been building up to Operation Hagen: An offensive in Flanders that was to divide the Allies and drive the British off the continent. But thi
31. 31 31. Four Years of War - Week 2102018-08-02 · 10mAs the war turns 4 years old, there is still no end in sight. From the Western Front to the Caucasus and the Middle East; in every theater the war is still raging on.
32. 32 32. The Black Day Of The German Army - The Battle of Amiens - Week 2112018-08-09 · 10mLudendorff and his generals didn't think the Allies had it in them, but this week they attack with the might off several hundred tanks near Amiens, the Black Day of the German Army
33. 33 33. A Resounding Victory - German Morale Plummets - Week 2122018-08-16 · 10mAs the Battle of Amiens is coming to an end, the Germans are desperately trying to stem the Allied advance and fortify new positions. But morale is crumbling and German High Comman
34. 34 34. Over By Christmas? - Growing Allied Confidence - Week 2132018-08-23 · 10mWith the recent "Black Day of the German Army" and the success of the new strategy of Allied attacks along the Western Front and with the renewed offensives in Palestine, British C
35. 35 35. The American First Army Gears Up - Germany Retreats - Week 2142018-08-30 · 10mAs the German Army withdraws along the Western Front, the Entente prepares for ever more offensives. This includes the newly founded American First Army which will have the task to
36. 36 36. Red Terror in Soviet Russia - Week 2152018-09-06 · 10mAfter an almost successful attempt on Lenin's live, the Tscheka under Felix Dzerzhinsky responds with a terror campaign to consolidate Soviet power through fear. At the same time,
37. 37 37. The Battle of Saint-Mihiel - Week 2162018-09-13 · 10mThe American First Army joins the fray on the Western Front with the Battle of Saint-Mihiel. All along the Western Front, the Allies are attacking or planning new attacks. The situ
38. 38 38. Allied Breakthroughs In Palestine And Macedonia - Week 2172018-09-20 · 10mIn a turbulent week of the First World War, the Allies break through at the Macedonian Front during the Battle of Vadar and in Palestine during the Battle for Palestine. At the sam
39. 39 39. The Meuse-Argonne Offensive - Bulgarian Collapse - Week 2182018-09-27 · 10mThis week, the biggest American military operation in history kicks off with 1.2 million American soldiers trying to take the Krimhilde Stellung. At the same time the Army of the O
40. 40 40. Germany's Reckoning - Bulgarian Armistice - Week 2192018-10-04 · 10mWhile Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonika and effectively exits the war as the first of the Central Powers, the Hindenburg Line is broken on the Western Front. It dawns among
41. 41 41. The Hindenburg Line Breaks - The Lost Battalion Returns - Week 2202018-10-11 · 10mThe Hindenburg Line or Siegfriedstellung is the backbone of the German defenses on the Western Front and this week 100 years ago, the Allies break through during the Battle of St.
42. 42 42. The Battle of the Selle - Ludendorff Resigns - Week 2212018-10-18 · 10mAs the Germans are retreating further and further during the Battle of the Selle, Erich Ludendorff – the German Quartermaster General, one half of Germany's military dictatorship a
43. 43 43. Italy Attacks - The Battle of Vittorio Veneto - Week 2222018-10-25 · 10mAfter the Battle of the Piave, the Italian front had been relatively quiet and stable. But just as unrest and instablity spread through the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Italian Arm
44. 44 44. Austria-Hungary Disintegrates - The Ottoman Empire Leaves the War - Week 2232018-11-01 · 10mThe Ottoman Empire has been on the retreat in the Middle East since the renewed British offensive in September and now, as the allies are threatening the Turkish heartland and also
45. 45 45. Revolution in Germany - Armistice in Austria - Week 2242018-11-08 · 10mUnrest within the German Empire is spreading, resentment against the war, the hunger and the elites is turning into revolutionary action and with a mutiny in Kiel the wheels begin
46. 46 46. Armistice - But Peace? - Week 2252018-11-15 · 13mOn November 11 1918, the German delegation and the Allies reach an agreement for an armistice. At the 11th hour the guns go silent and the First World War is over, well at least th