peace initiatives
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1918
January
- 08
- Key eventWilson's Fourteen PointsOn 8 January 1918 Wilson laid a fourteen-point peace programme before Congress. In the thirteenth he demanded an independent Poland with access to the sea.
- Trotsky at Brest-LitovskOn 8 January 1918 peace talks resumed at Brest-Litovsk. The Soviet delegation was now led by Trotsky, who turned the sessions into a verbal duel with Kühlmann.
February
- 01
- Central Powers recognise UkraineOn 1 February 1918 at Brest Czernin declared that the Central Powers recognised the Ukrainian People's Republic as an independent, sovereign state.
- Mutiny at KotorOn 1 February 1918 sailors on Austro-Hungarian ships in the Bay of Kotor hoisted red flags and demanded peace. The mutiny collapsed after three days.