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1917 June
 
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The Allies frustrate the German U-boats by introducing the convoy system       
1918  May
 
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US troops are by now fighting in large numbers on the western front     
1918 September
 
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The Allies, with Serb troops in the vanguard, press north from Salonika into Serbia     
1919
 
    
John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown fly from St John's in Newfoundland to Clifden in Ireland       
1919
 
     
Marcel Duchamp adds a moustache and beard to a postcard of the Mona Lisa, and gives it the subtly offensive French title LHOOQ        
1920
 
   
Bristol-born actor Cary Grant moves to the USA with a troupe of touring tumblers      
1920
 
    
D.H. Lawrence's Women in Love, a continuation of the family story in The Rainbow, is published first in the USA       
1922
 
    
US golfer Walter Hagen wins the first of his four victories in the British Open       
1923
 
    
Bernard Shaw's play Saint Joan has its world premiere in New York       
1924
 
    
Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller wins three Olympic gold medals in the Paris games, together with a bronze in water polo