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World War I History
World War I History
1914 - The New York Stock Exchange closed for bond trading. It reopened on November 28.
1915 - British commander in chief Sir Douglas Haig ordered nine British divisions to advance on the German lines near the Belgian village of Passchendaele.
1917 - The Allies launched a renewed assault on the German lines in the Flanders region of Belgium. The ensuing three months of fighting is known as the Third Battle of Ypres. (Battle of Passchendaele)
1919 - The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee began six weeks of hearings on the Treaty of Versailles.
| "There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight." - President Woodrow Wilson, May 10, 1915 |
