1918
Great War's finale
1918 saw the end of World War I with the signing of the Armistice of 11 November.
The year also marked the Spanish flu pandemic, which killed millions worldwide.
Acute viral respiratory infection
- H1N1Influenza A subtype
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
mortality · contagion · infection · transmission · fever · pneumonia · masks · Philadelphia
Elongated ground excavations
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- alliesCooperative partners united together
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
infantry · frontline · barrage · offensive · casualties · doughboys · Somme · Verdun
French royal palace complex
- WilsonAnglo-Saxon patronymic surname
- HabsburgEuropean imperial dynasty
- WeimarThuringian city, cultural landmark
- BolshevikSoviet communist party member
suffrage · demobilization · Ottoman · Austria-Hungary · abdication · reparations · interwar
Act of honoring memory
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- anniversaryRecurring memorial date
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- retrospectiveReviewing what came before
influenza
Acute viral respiratory infection
quarantine · mortality · contagion · infection · transmission · fever · pneumonia · masks · Philadelphia · overcrowding
trenches
Elongated ground excavations
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
- alliesCooperative partners united together
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
artillery · infantry · frontline · barrage · offensive · casualties · doughboys · Somme · Verdun · Marne
Versailles
French royal palace complex
- WilsonAnglo-Saxon patronymic surname
- HabsburgEuropean imperial dynasty
- WeimarThuringian city, cultural landmark
Bolshevik · suffrage · demobilization · Ottoman · Austria-Hungary · abdication · reparations · interwar
commemoration
Act of honoring memory
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- anniversaryRecurring memorial date
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
retrospective · documentaries · reenactments · poppy · cenotaph
- World War Itrenches, trench warfare, eastern front, Western Front, soldiers