1914. The Greatest Day in History: How, on the Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month, the First World War Finally Came to an End. Aug 3rd Germany decides Belgium looks tasty, so declares War on France and invades Belgium. Contains strong language and some violence. The first Armistice Day. Soldiers celebrating the news of the Armistice. Entries for other months of the war are listed in the sidebar to the right. The First Day. I read (I wish I kept that article) somewhere that WW1's exact … And the first day of WW1 was when? Collins. Drama revealing real experiences of British soldiers in the First … It was the deadliest one-day loss in British military history. For five months the British and French armies fought the Germans on a 15-mile front. ISBN 978-0-00-216558-7. Our World War. ISBN 978-1-58648-772-0. https://www.thoughtco.com/world-war-1-short-timeline-1914-1222103 The First Day. The five month long battle saw the deaths of 420,000 British soldiers (60,000 on the first day), 200,000 French soldiers and 500,000 German soldiers all for a total land gain of … Brook-Shepherd, Gordon (1981). The first two weeks of the Battle of the Somme are known as the Battle of Albert. On the first day of the Battle of Albert, British forces sustained 57,000 casualties with more than 19,000 deaths. Philippines is AHEAD BY 6 HOURS. November 1918: the last act of the Great War. The losses of the first day were a precursor of what was to come in the following months. OCLC 8387384. The table below provides links to daily summaries for each day of the war for the month of July during the years 1914-19. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918. by Chris Wild. This was how Charles Bartram, a 23-year-old former colliery worker from Doncaster, described his experience of the first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1916. 1. Our World War - 1. 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