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Winter 1915-16: Famine in Germany, thousands of Germans die of starvation, most especially in South Germany.

April 1916: Easter Revolution. Dublin placed under Martial Law under Lovick Friend, who remains in Ireland as Military Governor (instead of John Maxwell).

Spring-Summer 1916: Trial of the Uprising Leaders. Only few executions occur including Pearse and Connolly.

Winter 1916-17: Increased famine in South Germany.

February 1917: Nicolas II Abdicates.

November 1917: October Revolution.

Winter 1917-1918: This is the “Black Winter”.

January-April 1918: German Revolution (other known as Civil War). [Name] declares the creation of the Bavarian Marxist Republic in New Years Day. Brutal fighting within Munich forces the King to flee the city. Munich retaken but Communists still hold a good deal of South Germany. A similar uprising takes place in Berlin forcing the Kaiser to abdicate and exile himself to the Netherlands. Republic declared with Germany at breaking point.

Fifteen Points for Peace announced by Wilson. (Extra point for the self-determination for South Germany)

[Name] Plan for Germany. Alsace and Lorraine to be re-annexed. Saar to be occupied. Rhineland to be demilitarised. Polish corridor to be created. South Germany to be occupied and placed under Allied Military Control.

World War One Endgame. Revolution (and massive troop reductions) taken advantage of by full scale assault in the Western Front. Germans quickly sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, giving them Poland, the Baltic, and Finland. Belgium is retaken. Germany sues for peace. The other Central Powers follow suit.

April 1918: United Kingdom and France intervenes in Russian Ports.

May 1918: Allied occupation over South Germany and Ottoman Empire begins.

July 1918: Govt. of Ireland Act 1914 implemented with the Ulster amendment (Six years of Westminster rule).

Representation of the People Act 1918 passes. Woman suffrage achieved.

Hungarian Soviet Republic established.

August 1918: British General Election results in Coalition Victory. In Ireland, the Liberals go into a coalition with the Irish Parliamentary Party, however, there is a strong separatist presence. [Name] becomes Irish Prime Minister.

September 1918: Paris Peace Conference Commences.

October 1918: Turkish War of Independence begins.

November 1918: National Assembly assembles in Weimar.

Hungarian Soviet Republic dissolved.
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