Timeline September 1918

Events in September 1918 6

• 1917 – 1918 The war on the Hejaz Railway Arabia Rather than take Medina, Lawrence kept the Ottoman garrison there and bled the line that supplied it — blowing up track, bridges and locomotives to tie down thousands of troops. It became a model for irregular warfare.
• 1918 – 2009 Paul Harvey (1918-2009) Died 28 February 2009, aged 90 Harvey was an American radio broadcaster whose news and commentary program was syndicated on thousands of stations for decades. His segment "The Rest of the Story" became one of the most recognized voices in American radio. He continued broadcasting into his nineties.
• 1918 Meuse-Argonne Offensive Largest American military operation of World War I American and French forces launched a massive offensive along the Meuse River and through the Argonne Forest, aiming to cut German rail lines supplying the Western Front. It became the largest and deadliest operation of the war for the American Expeditionary Forces, with over 26,000 US soldiers killed. The offensive continued until the Armistice ended the fighting.
• 1918 The Meuse-Argonne Offensive Argonne, France The largest operation in American military history to that point, involving 1.2 million troops and costing 26,000 American dead in six weeks.
• 1918 The Hindenburg Line is broken Saint-Quentin, France Allied troops crossed the canal and took the last prepared German defensive position. Ludendorff told the Kaiser the same day that Germany must seek an armistice.
• 1918 Bulgaria signs an armistice Salonika, Greece The first of the Central Powers to quit, opening the Danube and cutting the Ottomans off from Germany.