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1914

August

02
- Britain declares a moratoriumOn 2 August 1914 Britain declared a moratorium on the payment of bills of exchange to save the City of London from a wave of bankruptcies.

November

04
- End of the moratorium in BritainOn 4 November 1914 the general moratorium on the payment of debts, introduced in August for fear of financial panic, expired in Britain.

1915

February

05
- Allies pool their financial resourcesIn early February 1915 the finance ministers of Britain, France and Russia agreed in Paris on joint financing of the war and on credits for Russia.

May

25
- Asquith's coalition governmentOn 25 May 1915 Herbert Asquith formed a government with the Conservatives and Labour. Purely Liberal rule ended; Lloyd George took the Ministry of Munitions.

July

November

25
- Inter-Allied munitions organisationIn November 1915 the Entente munitions ministers agreed in London on a joint munitions bureau. Albert Thomas's idea, however, never got beyond paper.

1916

May

16
- House of Commons passes conscription of married menOn 16 May 1916 the Commons passed the second Military Service Bill by 250 votes to 35. Conscription was to cover married and single men aged 18 to 41.

July

07
- Lloyd George becomes Secretary of State for WarIn early July 1916 David Lloyd George succeeded Kitchener at the War Office. Yet he had little influence on strategy, which was decided by General Robertson.

August

21
- *The Battle of the Somme* film premieresOn 21 August 1916 the film "The Battle of the Somme" opened in 34 London cinemas. Within six weeks some 20 million people in Britain had seen it.

November

15
- Paris and Chantilly conferencesOn 15–16 November 1916 Allied commanders at Chantilly drew up the war plan for 1917, and politicians meeting at the same time in Paris in effect adopted it.

December

1917

January

February

26
- Calais conference on commandOn 26–27 February 1917 at Calais Lloyd George tried to place Haig's army under Nivelle's orders. It ended in a compromise for the spring offensive.

March

April

May

28
- London conference on GreeceOn 28–29 May 1917 the British and French agreed in London that King Constantine must abdicate. A high commissioner, Charles Jonnart, was to go to Greece.

June

July

August

September

November

December

1918

January

February

March

28
- Dismissal of GoughOn 28 March 1918 Gen. Hubert Gough handed the retreating Fifth Army to Gen. Henry Rawlinson. The government made him the scapegoat for defeat on the Somme.

April

May

05
- French becomes Lord Lieutenant of IrelandIn early May 1918 Field Marshal John French became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, to govern it as a "military viceroy" during the conscription crisis.

August

30
- Macready resigns as adjutant-generalIn late August 1918, after the London police strike, General Sir Nevil Macready gave up the post of Adjutant-General to become head of the Metropolitan Police.

December

1921

August

23
- Battle of the SakaryaOn 23 August 1921 on the Sakarya river, a few dozen kilometres from Ankara, a battle began that halted the Greek offensive in Anatolia.

December

06
- Anglo-Irish TreatyOn 6 December 1921 in London the Irish delegates signed a treaty with the British government. Ireland was to become a dominion, the Irish Free State.