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This Month in World War I |
- By TomStar81
Canadian engineers building a bridge during the Battle of the Canal du Nord
King Albert of Belgium and senior officers in Bruges after it was liberated during the Battle of Courtrai
A map of the Battle of Vittorio Veneto
A Soldiers' Council during the Kiel mutiny
| Theaters/Fronts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Western | Eastern | Italian |
| Caucasian | Middle Eastern | Balkan |
| African | Naval | Air |
| Politics | Asian and Pacific | Gallipoli |
| Dates | Events | |
|---|---|---|
| September 18 – October 17 | Battle of the Hindenburg Line, a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive. The Allies break through the German lines. | Details |
| September 26 – November 11 | Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the final phase of the Hundred Days Offensive and of World War I. | Details |
| September 26 – October 1 | The British enter Damascus. | Details |
| September 27 – October 1 | Battle of the Canal du Nord, a phase of the Battle of the Hindenburg Line. | |
| September 28 – October 2 | Fifth Battle of Ypres (also known as Advance on Flanders), a phase of the Battle of the Hindenburg Line. | |
| September 29 – October 10 | Battle of St. Quentin Canal, a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive. | |
| September 30 | Bulgaria signs an armistice with the Allies. | |
| Battle of Saint-Thierry (Initial phase of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive). | Details | |
| Charge at Kaukab, a phase of the Capture of Damascus. | ||
| Charge at Kiswe, a phase of the Capture of Damascus. | ||
| October 3 | Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria abdicates and Boris III accedes to the throne. | |
| October 3–27 | Pursuit to Haritan. | |
| Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge. | ||
| October 8–10 | Second Battle of Cambrai (also known as Battle of Cambrai (1918)), a phase of the Battle of the Hindenburg Line. | Details |
| October 14–17 | Battle of Montfaucon (intermediate phase of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive). | Details |
| October 14–19 | Battle of Courtrai, closing phase of the Hundred Days offensive. | Details |
| October 15 | Battle of Mont-D'Origny, a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive. | Details |
| October 17–26 | Battle of the Selle, closing phase of the Hundred Days Offensive. | |
| October 20 | Germany suspends submarine warfare. | Details |
| Battle of Lys and Escaut (Which included the Second Battle of Lys and the Battle of the Escaut), a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive. | Details | |
| Battle of Serre, a phase of the Hundred Days Offensive. | Details | |
| October 23–30 | Battle of Sharqat. | |
| October 24 – November 4 | Battle of Vittorio Veneto. The Austro-Hungarian army is routed. The Italians enter Trent and land at Triest. | Details |
| October 24–28 | Second Battle of Monte Grappa, beginning phase of Vittorio Veneto. | |
| October 25 | Battle of Aleppo. | Details |
| October 29 | Wilhelm Groener replaces Erich Ludendorff as Hindenburg's deputy. | Details |
| Germany's Hochseeflotte mutinies. | Details | |
| State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs proclaimed. | Details | |
| October 30 | The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros. | Details |
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