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9 January 1917.
Battle of Rafa. British drive Ottomans out of Sinai.
11 Jan. to 13 Mar. 1917.
British raid the Ancre.
16 January 1917.
Germany offers Mexico an alliance against the United States.
1 February 1917.
Return to unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany.
23 February 1917.
British recapture Kut..
23 February 1917.
German forces begin to withdraw to Hindenburg Line.
1 March 1917.
Straussenberg replaces Hötzendorf as Austro-
8-
British take Baghdad.
13 Mar to 23 Apr. 1917.
British capture much of Mesopotamia.
15 March 1917.
Russian Czar Nicholas abdicates.
26 March 1917.
Battle of Gaza. British fail to capture the city .
1 April to 31 Oct. 1917.
Stalemate in Palestine.
2-
Australian attack Noreuil.
6 April 1917.
United States declare war on Germany.
9-
Canadians’ win victory in Battle of Vimy Ridge.
9-
Battle of the Scarpe.
9 April to 17 May 1917.
Second Battle of Arras.
10-
Battle of Bullecourt.
15 April 1917.
Battle of Lagnicourt.
16 April to 9 May 1917.
Battle of the Aisne ends in disaster for French.
17-
Battle of the Hills.
19 April 1917.
Battle of Gaza. Ottoman resistance of British.
22 April to 8 May 1917.
2nd Battle of Doiran.
23-
2nd Battle of Scarpe.
28-
Battle of Arleux.
29 April to 20 May 1917.
Series of mutinies in the French army.
3-
3rd Battle of Scarpe.
3-
2nd Battle of Bullecourt
5-
Allied Spring offensive on the Salonika Front.
5-
Battle of Cerna Bend.
12 May to 6 June 1917.
10th Battle of Isonzo.
15 May 1917.
Pétain replaces Nivelle as Commander-
23 May 1917.
Battle of Mt Hermada in the Karst.
1 June-
Operation Hush, British attempt to capture coast of Belgium fails.
7-
2nd Battle of Messines, The British recapture Messines Ridge.
10-
Battle of Mt Ortigara.
12 June 1917.
King Constantine I of Greece abdicates.
13 June 1917.
First successful heavy bomber raid on London.
25 June 1917.
First American troops land in France.
30 June 1917
Greece declares war on the Central powers.
1 to 2 July 1917.
Battle of Zborov.
1 to 19 July 1917.
Failure of Kerensky Offensive.
6 July 1917
Arabs led by Lawrence of Arabia seize the port of Aqaba.
20 July 1917.
Corfu Declaration re future of Yugoslavia.
22 July to 1 Aug. 1917.
Battle of Marasti.
31 July 1917.
Passchendaele Battle.
31 July to 2 Aug. 1917.
Pilckem Ridge Battle.
6 to 20 August 1917.
Battle of Mărăşeşti.
8 to 20 August 1917.
2nd Battle of Oituz.
15 to 25 August 1917.
Battle of Hill 70 (Initial phase of the 3rd Battle of Ypres).
16 to 18 August 1917.
2nd Langemarck Battle (Initial phase of the 3rd Battle of Ypres).
18 to 28 August 1917.
11th Battle of the Isonzo.
20 to 26 August 1917.
2nd Offensive Battle of Verdun.
1 to 3 September 1917.
Battle of Jugla.
8 September 1917.
General Kornilov's coup attempt fails in Russia.
18 Sept -
German capture Oesel, Dago, Moon Islands.
20-
Battle of the Menin Road Ridge (phase of the 3rd Battle of Ypres).
26-
Battle of Polygon Wood (Intermediate phase of the 3rd Battle of Ypres).
28-
Battle of Ramadi.
4 October 1917.
Battle of Broodseinde.
9 October 1917.
Battle of Poelcappelle.
12 October 1917.
Battle of Passchendaele
23 October 1917.
Battle of Wadi Musa.
23 Oct. to 10 Nov. 1917.
Battle of La Malmaison.
24 Oct. to 4 Nov. 1917.
Battle of Caporetto.
26 Oct. to 10 Nov. 1917.
Passchendaele Battle (2)
27 October 1917.
Battle of Buqqar Ridge.
31 Oct. to 7 Nov. 1917.
3rd Battle of Gaza.
1 to 6 November 1917.
Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe
2 November 1917.
Balfour Declaration.
5 November 1917.
Allies agree to establish Supreme War Council.
7 November 1917.
October Revolution.
7 November 1917.
Charge at Sheria.
8 November 1917.
Charge at Huj.
9 Nov. to 28 Dec. 1917.
1st Battle of the Piave.
10 November 1917.
3rd Battle of Ypres is a stalemate.
11 Nov-
Battle of Monte Grappa.
13 November 1917.
Painlevé is replaced by Clemenceau as Prime Minister of France.
13 November 1917.
Battle of Mughar Ridge.
14 November 1917.
Battle of Ayun Kara.
17 November 1917.
Heligoland Bight Battle.
17 Nov-
Battle of Jerusalem.
18-
Battle of Nebi Samwil.
20 Nov-
1st Battle of Cambrai. Details.
8 January 1918.
Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points.
1 Feb-
Allied forces occupy the Jordan Rift Valley.
9 February 1918.
Central Powers sign an exclusive protectorate treaty with the Ukrainian People's Republic.
15-
Battle of Rarancza.
18 Feb-
Operation Faustschlag.
19-
British capture Jericho.
21 Feb-
Germans capture Kiev, Minsk, Zhytomyr, Pskov and Narva.
3 March 1918.
Trotsky signs the peace treaty with Germany.
7 March 1918.
Germans bombard the Americans at Rouge Bouquet.
8-
Battle of Tell 'Asur.
8-
Battle of Bakhmach.
21 March-
1st phase of the Spring Offensive.
21-
Battle of St Quentin.
21 March-
1st Transjordan attack.
23 March-
Bombardment of Paris.
24-
1st Battle of Bapaume.
25 March 1918.
1st Battle of Noyon.
26 March 1918.
French Marshall Foch appointed Commander of all Allied forces.
26-
Battle of Rosieres.
26-
Khan Baghdadi Action.
27-
1st Battle of Amman.
28 March 1918.
Battle of Arras.
30 March-
1st Battle of Villers-
1 April 1918.
RAF founded.
4-
Battle of the Avre.
7-
2nd phase of the Spring Offensive.
7-
Battle of Estaires.
10-
3rd Battle of Messines.
12-
Battle of Hazebrouck.
13-
Battle of Bailleul.
17-
Battle of Kemmelberg.
7 May 1918.
Treaty of Bucharest.
10-
Battle of Kaniow.
21-
Battle of Sardarabad.
21-
Battle of Abaran.
24-
Battle of Karakilisa.
27 May to 6 June 1918.
3rd Battle of the Aisne.
28 May 1918.
Battle of Cantigny.
29-
Battle of Skra-
1-
Battle of Belleau Wood.
8 June 1918.
Action of Arsuf.
8 June to October 1918.
Germany interferes in the Caucuses.
9-
4th phase of the Spring Offensive.
15-
2nd Battle of the Piave.
30 June 1918.
Battle of Moreuil Wood.
4 July 1918.
Battle of Hamel.
14 July 1918.
Battle of Abu Tellul.
15 July-
2nd Battle of the Marne.
15-
Last phase of the Spring Offensive.
17 July 1918.
Tsar and his family shot by the Bolsheviks.
18 July 1918.
Battle of Chateau-
18-
Battle of Soissons.
19 July 1918.
Battle of Tardenois.
8-
Battle of Amiens.
8 August-
Hundred Days Offensive.
9-
Battle of Montdidier.
13 August-
Battle of San Matteo.
17-
2nd Battle of Noyon.
21-
3rd Battle of Albert.
21 August-
2nd Battle of the Somme
21 August-
2nd Battle of Bapaume.
1-
Battle of Peronne.
2-
Drocourt-
10 September 1918.
Battle of Savy-
12 September 1918.
Battle of Havrincourt.
12-
Battle of Saint-
14 September 1918.
Battle of Vauxaillon.
14-
Vardar Offensive.
15 September 1918.
French and Serbs break through Bulgarian lines at Dobro Polje.
18 September 1918.
Battle of Epehy.
18-
3rd Battle of Doiran.
18 Sept-
Hindenburg Line Battle.
19-
Battle of Megiddo.
19-
3rd Transjordan attack.
26 Sept-
Meuse-
26-
British capture Deraa.
26 Sept-
British enter Damascus.
27 September 1918.
Jisr Benat Yakub Battle.
27 Sept-
Battle of Canal du Nord.
28 Sept-
Advance on Flanders.
29 Sept-
St Quentin Canal Battle.
30 September 1918.
Bulgaria signs armistice with the Allies.
30 September 1918.
Battle of Saint-
30 September 1918.
Charge at Kaukab.
30 September 1918
Charge at Kiswe.
3-
Pursuit to Haritan.
3-
Battle of Blanc Mt. Ridge.
8-
2nd Battle of Cambrai.
14-
Battle of Montfaucon.
14-
Battle of Courtrai.
15 October 1918.
Battle of Mont-
17-
Battle of the Selle.
20 October 1918.
Suspension of submarine warfare by Germany.
20 October 1918.
Battle of Lys and Escaut
20 October 1918.
Battle of Serre.
23-
Battle of Sharqat.
24 Oct-
Battle of Vittorio Veneto.
24-
2nd Mte Grappa Battle.
25 October 1918.
Battle of Aleppo.
29 October 1918.
Hochseeflotte mutinies.
30 October 1918.
Ottoman Empire signs Armistice of Mudros.
1 November 1918.
Battle of Chesne.
1-
Battle of Valenciennes.
3 November 1918.
Austria-
4 November 1918.
Battle of the Sambre.
6-
Advance to the Meuse.
9 November 1918.
Kaiser Wm. abdicates.
10 November 1918.
Austria-
11 November 1918.
At 6am, Germany signs Armistice of Compiègne. Fighting ends at 11am.
12 November 1918.
Proclamation of Austrian republic.
14 November 1918.
Czechoslovakia republic proclaimed.
14 November 1918.
German U-
14 November 1918.
Fighting ends in the East African theatre.
21 November 1918.
Hochseeflotte surrenders to Great Britain.
25 November 1918.
German army surrenders at Abercorn in present-
18 January 1919.
Treaty of Versailles.
18 January 1919.
Peace Conference opens in Paris.
25 January 1919.
Creation of League of Nations agreed.
21 June 1919.
German Fleet (53 ships) scuttled in Scapa Flow.
28 June 1919.
Signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
July 1919.
The Treaty of Versailles ratified by Germany and Britain.
11 November 1919.
The very first Armistice Day at Buckingham Palace on the morning of 11 November.
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