The document summarizes major events of 1917-1918 that led to the end of World War 1. It describes how the Russian monarchy collapsed and a new provisional government took over, but was unstable and split between communist Bolsheviks and democratic Mensheviks. Germany allowed Lenin to return to Russia to help destabilize it. In the US, Woodrow Wilson led the country to enter the war against Germany in 1917. On the Western Front, German offensives were stopped in 1918 and they were forced to retreat. Austria asked for an armistice in November 1918, followed by Germany's leaders abdicating and agreeing to an armistice on November 11th. Peace negotiations took place in Paris in 1919