quick bite on WW1

1916- German chancellor Bethmann Hollweg described Britain's war aim as " our existence as a nation is to be crushed," he told the Reichstag, "militarily defenceless, economically crushed and boycotted by the world, condemned to lasting sickness that is the Germany which England wants to see her at her feet. Britain wanted to see france weakened by being bled to death, to have all the allies doing slave work for england, and to secure the submission off all the neural states of Europe. 'Great Britain is of all the most egoistic and fiercest , the most obstinate enemy. The german statesman who would HESTITATE to use against this enemy every available instrument of battle that will really shorten the war- such a statesman should be HANGED.'"

Chlorine gas was first used by the germans on the war front on april 22 1915, the earliest victim were some french-african troops. The second use killed 2000 Canadian troops and cause a mutiny in the French Senegalese ranks against their white officers.

in 1916, Georgi Zhukov, who earlier won the St Geroge's Cross for bravery , was injured by a mine while on a mounted reconnaissance patrol. He would later receive the surrender of Berlin in 1945 as chief-of-staff of the Red Army

in 1917- Hermann Goering shot down his first british aircraft in the air above the battlefield at age 24. He would shot down 17 more british and french aircraft throughout the duration of WW1 , and earned the Pour Le Merite, which was the highest German award for bravery. He was to be the future Head of German airforce during WW2

1917 may 25- the first German airstrike using aircraft over london
German Erich Remarque, who later wrote his novel 'All quiet on the western front' 12 years later, had fought at Third Ypres where french and british troops repeatedly failed to overrun the german trenches position

on the eastern front in 1917, future Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess, was shot through his chest, his 3rd war injury in a year, while the 1st 3 american soldiers killed by German bullets were Corporal Gresham, Private Enright and Private Hay.

1918- When german troops entered the french town of Soissons, which was 40 miles from paris, retreating french troops shouted out to the advancing americans re-inforcements not to bother as the war is over since paris are already in full range of the German artillery. After russia surrendered under lenin's order, german soldiers once fighting on the Eastern front were deployed immediately to the Western front to participate in a decisive offensive to wipe out France and end the war before more American troops land on the continent and threaten Germany. Unfortunately for germany, all their 3 main offensive failed and allied troops continue advance towards germany, and resulted in their surrender soon after that.