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Events relating to germany
Dogs are trained in Germany, by Dr Gerhard Stalling, to guide soldiers blinded in the war
The German and British fleets clash off Jutland, in a hard-fought but inconclusive encounter
Aleksei Brusilov leads a surprise Russian offensive against Germany and Austria-Hungary
A brief success in the front line against Austria prompts Italy to declare war on Germany
Baron von Richthofen, the 'Red Baron', shoots down the first of many Allied aircraft
Returning to the front after being wounded in the leg, Hitler is promoted to the rank of lance-corporal
Otto Klemperer starts a seven-year spell as music director of Cologne opera, and begins to acquire an international reputation
German troops on the western front begin withdrawal to the recently constructed defences of the Hindenburg Line
The German authorities allow Lenin to travel home from Switzerland through Germany, hoping for Communist disruption of the Russian war effort
Woodrow Wilson, president of the USA, declares war on Germany
German U-boats sink 430 Allied and neutral merchant ships in this month alone
At Brest-Litovsk Lenin signs a peace treaty with Germany and Austria, ceding vast territories and valuable resources
The German air ace Baron von Richthofen is finally shot down, after himself destroying 80 Allied planes
Hermann Goering, a fighter ace who has shot down 22 Allied aircraft by the end of the war, becomes commander of the Richthofen Squadron
Adolf Hitler is awarded the Iron Cross, First Class, a decoration rarely given to a corporal
The Kaiser appoints a new chancellor, Prince Max von Baden, to negotiate an end to the war
The new German chancellor, Prince Max of Baden, sends a message to President Wilson requesting an immediate armistice
The British, under Douglas Haig, break through Germany's heavily defended Hindenburg Line
A mutiny in Germany's fleet in Kiel sparks uprisings in several German cities
The Allied commander-in chief, Marshal Foch, meets a German delegation in a railway carriage in the forest of Compiègne to discuss an armistice
Friedrich Ebert, leader of the Social Democrats, becomes the first chancellor of the newly proclaimed German republic
The Spartacus League proclaims a rival German republic on soviet lines
Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates and goes into exile in the Netherlands
The Allies and the Germans finally agree the terms of an armistice at 5 a.m.
Hitler returns to Munich and in the prevailing mood of post-defeat resentment begins to take an interest in extremist politics
