December 1918

Allied troops occupy the Rhineland. Britain and Ireland go to the polls, with women voting for the first time; the coalition wins a landslide in Britain while Sinn Féin sweeps Ireland. Street fighting in Berlin. Western Samoa decimated by influenza.

10/12/1919 Ebert hails the undefeated German army

10/12/1918 Sarafand: New Zealanders massacre Palestinian villagers

14/12/1918 Britain votes

14/12/1918 Ireland also votes

14/12/1918 Portugal’s President assassinated

16/12/1918 German troops evacuate Finland; Friedrich Karl of Hesse renounces the Finnish throne

24/12/1918 Striking back against the Bolsheviks: Kolchak routs the Red Army and storms Perm
24/12/1918 Berlin’s Christmas Eve Battle

28/12/1918 Britain’s votes are counted: Lloyd George’s coalition wins a landslide victory

28/12/1918 Ireland’s election results: Sinn Féin landslide and the first woman elected to the House of Commons

31/12/1918 Pestilence in Samoa

see also:

Monthly Archive 1918

November 1918

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Women voting (Irish Times – “Remembering the events of 1918 gives us…