18 January 1918Conference of ParisGeorges Clemanceau
Elected Chairman of the Peace Conference
Historical records for France in 1918, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Elected Chairman of the Peace Conference
Argues with Foch and other commanders over Allied reserves and strategy.
Appointed Commander for Allied operations on the Western Front
Appointed Commander for Allied operations on the Western Front
Foch becomes the de facto Allied Generalissimo
Receives broader Allied coordinating authority after the German offensive.
The French 3rd Army loses Montdidier
The French 3rd Army loses Montdidier
Appointed General in Chief of the Allied Armies, extending his powers
Appointed General in Chief, extending his powers to "strategic direction"
Discloses the peace offer made by Emperor Charles I
Announces, "I shall fight before Paris..."
Mounts a counter-offensive along the Marne
Asks Clemenceau to call up the 1920 conscripts in 1918
Approves coordinated Allied operations that lead into the Amiens attack.
Decides to free the Paris-Verdun, Paris-Amiens & Verdun-Arricourt routes. Conference of all the commanders-in-chief to consider allied operations, all present proposals for the employment of allied armies
Coordinates Allied plans for limited offensives, including operations around Amiens.
The Allies capture Fere Forest, La Croise Range, Oulchy-le-Chateau & Villemontoire. The Allies advance 2 miles
The Allies capture Romigny-St Gemme
July-August, launches counter-attacks after the arrival of 300,000 Americans a month
Commands French First Army on Haig's southern flank during the Amiens attack.
French First Army attacks on the right of the British Fourth Army.
Commands French First Army on the southern flank of the Allied attack.
French First Army captures Montdidier, helping restore Allied control around the Paris-Amiens railway area.
Captures Montdidier & moves the line forward to the River Somme
Leads the First Army attack on the Hindenburg line after German defeats at Papua & Arras
Leads the First Army attack on the Hindenburg line after German defeats at Papua & Arras
Leads the First Army attack on the Hindenburg line after German defeats at Papua & Arras
The area is taken back into Allied hands
Foch coordinates Allied attacks including Ypres.
Degoutte coordinates operational planning for the French, Belgian and British forces in the Flanders army group.
Advocates the dismissal of Pershing
Helps frame Allied military conditions before the armistice.
Represents French diplomacy in late-war council discussions.
Heads the Allied armistice negotiations with the Germans
Heads the Allied armistice negotiations with the Germans
Appointed Marshal of France
The AEF occupy the west bank of the Rhine
Albert I & Degoutte have operational command of the Allied forces
Appointed Commander of the Eastern Army Group
Appointed Commander of the Eastern Army Group
Presides over the peace conference which draws up the Treaty of Versailles. Fails to secure the Rhine as a French frontier
Launched as part of Marshal Ferdinand Foch's Grand Offensive, comprising attacks by the AEF and French 4th Army on September 26, the British 4th Army from September 27 and the British and Belgians at Ypres
Founds the French Federation of Disabled War Veterans
Founds the French Federation of Disabled War Veterans
Foch's grand offensive includes British and Belgian attacks near Ypres.
General advance along most of the Western Front, resulting in the German Armys final defeat and the signing of an armistice on November 11 to bring hostilities between the Allies and Central Powers to an end
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